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Batman comic books issue 287

  • Issue #287
    Batman (1940) 287
    Tags: Batman
    Published May 1977 by DC.
    • Paper: White
    • Label #0962098009
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4456409009
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    Last 30-cent cover price. Cover art by Mike Grell. The Maltese Cup Cake Hostess snack cakes ad with Wonder Woman. "Batman-Ex--As in Extinct!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Bob Wiacek; The Penguin uses robots of extinct birds or ancestors of birds, starting with a robot pterosaur, top commit crimes; The robot cracks out of a Napoleon statue at Gotham's La Galerie; Batman destroys the robot bird, but Penguin and his gang pull off a jewel robbery; Penguin sends an archeopteriz robot to panic the crowds at Gotham City Music Hall where a movie about Machiavelli is playing; Meanwhile, his gang robs a diner on 1805 Hamilton Street; Batman captures the crooks, but then learns of an attack on the schooner Nelson by a robot Diatryma. Statement of ownership; Average # of copies sold previous year: 178,000. Text article with photograph of publisher Jenette Kahn. Walt Simonson profile by Mike Gold. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

  • Issue #287MJ
    Batman (1940) Mark Jewelers 287MJ

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    Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Batman versus the Penguin in book-length story, "Batman-Ex--As in Extinction!" Script by David R. Reed, pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Bob Wiacek. Grell cover. Cover price $0.30.