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Issue Details

Issue #291
Published September 1977
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)

Cover Details

Characters Riddler; Poison Ivy; Scarecrow; Lex Luthor; Catwoman; Joker
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo
Reprinted in Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

17 page Batman story "Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?: The Testimony of the Catwoman!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Two-Face]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle; also as Madame Claudine]; Joker; Riddler; Lex Luthor; Killer Moth; Scarecrow; Cavalier; Mr. Freeze; Colonel Jake van Cleeve; Spook; Mad Hatter; Poison Ivy; Signalman; Ra's Al Ghul; Captain Stingaree; Tweedle Dee?; Tweedle Dum?; Cody
Synopsis When word spreads throughout the underworld that Batman has been killed, several villains take credit for the deed. So the villain community sets up a trial to test the various claims, with Ra's al Ghul acting as judge and Two-Face acting as prosecutor. First up is the Catwoman. But Two-Face finds the technical error in Catwoman's story and she is dismissed.
Genre superhero
Script David Vern [as David V. Reed]
Pencils John Calnan
Inks Tex Blaisdell
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Story continues in Batman #292. Batman is not revealed to be acting as Two-Face until the fourth part of the story. It is unclear whether Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum is the character shown in the gallery. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #1/1979; in Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page Publishorial text article "Swamp Thing From the Beginning"

Script Jenette Kahn
Notes message from the publisher