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Issue Details

Issue #227
Published December 1970
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes This cover is a tip of the hat to the classic cover of Detective Comics #31.

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Daphne Pennyworth
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007].
Reprinted in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in Batman Gallery, The (DC, 1992 series) #1 (1992)

15 page Batman story "The Demon of Gothos Mansion!"

Characters Batman; Alfred; Daphne Pennyworth (Alfred's niece)
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in Lynvingen (Semic AS, 1977 Series) #7/1981 (13. Oktober 1981); in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #10/1981

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

7 page Robin story "Help Me --- I Think I'm Dead!"

Characters Robin; Phil Real
Genre superhero
Script Mike Friedrich
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Story continued in Batman #229. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Robin The Boy Wonder (DC, 2008 series) #1

2 page Letters To The Batman letters page

Characters The Batman
Pencils Anthony Kowalik
Inks Neal Adams
Letters typeset
Notes First Letters To The Batman, (previously Letters To The Batcave). New name suggested by reader Anthony Kowalik. He also enclosed a sketch of The Batman which was considered of such high quality that Neal Adams inked it and DC used it as a header for the lettercol.