Batman #338 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	This Sporting Death!	cover	1	pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Tatjana Wood	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Sportsman [Martin Mantle]
1	This Sporting Death!	comic story	17	script: Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John Costanza	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Sportsman [Martin Mantle] (villain, origin); Hank Klugmuun (death); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Pierre Foote (death); Martin Mantle Sr. (flashback); Louisa Mantle (flashback)
3	Murder on the Midway, Part Two: Killer Under the Big Top!	comic story	8	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Steve Mitchell; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Bernard Jr.	Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lorna Hill [as Lourna Hill]; Jo-Jo Jones (Flashback); Waldo Flynn (Flashback); Magnificent Melanie; Tiny; Vashnu
4	-	letters page	1	script: Dick Giordano

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893043008
British	price 0.15 GBP

Collection	Year
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8163-2	2018	On eBay ›
Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-085-4	2020	On eBay ›

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