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Batman (1940) comic books 1978

  • Issue #295
    Batman (1940) 295
    Tags: Batman
    Published Jan 1978 by DC.
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4336524009

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. The Cuckoo Cuckoos Hostess fruit pies ad starring The Penguin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. The Adventure of the Houdini Whodunit!, script by Gerry Conway, art by Michael Golden; Commissioner Gordon has Batman attend a special meeting of the Mystery Analysts of Gotham City, a dead girl confronts D.A. Danton, Art Saddows, and Kaye Daye. The Great Superman Movie Contest Winners by Mike Gold. Marshall Rogers bio. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #296
    Batman (1940) 296
    Tags: Batman
    Published Feb 1978 by DC.
    Auction opens February 3
    4 bids
    Current bid: $10.00
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #4506092003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover pencils by Sal Amendola, inks by Al Milgrom. "The Sinister Straws of the Scarecrow," script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by Sal Amendola; Criminals are running scared because of the fear instilled by the Scarecrow; They turn over their stolen goods to the police; Batman steps in and battles Scarecrow. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. Daily Planet Volume 77 Issue 45 Week of November 7, 1977 article by Bob Rozakis; Information on Showcase #97, World's Finest Comics #249, comics on sale the week of November 14th and Ask the Answer Man! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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    $44 BATMAN #296 - NICE FN/VF 7.0 - SCARECROW - AMENDOLA - LOW $44 B.I.N. !
    $175 Batman #296 - DC 1978 Bronze Age Issue - CGC VF/NM 9.0 - Scarecrow cover & story
    $225 BATMAN #296 CGC 9.6 CLASSIC SCARECROW COVER 1978 BRONZE AGE DC
    $600 BATMAN #296 CGC 9.8 CLASSIC SCARECROW COVER 1978 BRONZE AGE DC WHITE PAGES
    1 day left Auction Batman 296, 1978 (Scarecrow Appearance) Sal Buscema Cover 7.5 VF-

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  • Issue #297
    Batman (1940) 297
    Tags: Batman
    Published Mar 1978 by DC.
    • Staple rust.

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. Hostess snack cakes ad with Aquaman and Mera. "The Mad Hatter Goes Straight!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Vince Colletta; The Mad Hatter, sad that crime isn't fun anymore, reminisces about his youth, when he would fantasize about being a white-hatted sheriff or a plume-hatted cavalier, or wearing the hat of a Foreign Legionnaire; Since his fantasies were always about fighting as a good guy, he decides to give up crime and go straight; Hatter begins by mimicking a sheriff on horseback and stops two muggers from robbing Bruce Wayne and his date. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. A Word About the Fight of the Century article by publisher Jenette Kahn. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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    $125 Batman 297 CGC Graded 9.6 NM+ DC Comics 1978
    1+ hour left Auction Batman #297 DC Comics Mar 1978 Bronze Age “ The Mad Hatter Goes Straight ”

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  • Issue #298
    Batman (1940) 298
    Tags: Batman
    Published Apr 1978 by DC.

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. "The Case of the Crimson Coffin!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Dick Giordano; Batman battles the Carib machete assassins, who are kidnapping and drugging victims for a human sacrifice. Hostess snack cakes ad with Superman. Daily Planet Volume 78 Issue 1 Week of January 2, 1978 article by Bob Rozakis; Information on Claw the Unconquered #10, House of Secrets #151, comics on sale the week of Jauary 9th and Ask the Answer Man. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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    $15 Batman # 298 (DC,1978) Very Fine/Near Mint Condition -
    $39 Batman #298, VF/NM to NM+, DC Comics April 1978, CGC Candidate $5 Ship
    $59 Batman #298 1978 DC Comics CGC 9.2 NM- 11190
    $100 Batman 298 CGC Graded 9.4 NM Newsstand DC Comics 1978
    $150 Batman 298 CGC Graded 9.6 NM+ Newsstand DC Comics 1978
    3 days left Auction BATMAN #298 DC Comics 1978
    2 days left Auction Batman #298 DC Comics 1978 Bronze Age, High Grade ++

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  • Issue #298SURVEY
    Batman (1940) 298SURVEY
    Published Apr 1978 by DC.
    • Water spotting.
    • 1" spine split from bottom. Staple rust.

    DC Comic Questionnaire Insert Variant. This variant of Batman #298 contains a 4-page, 6.75-in. x 8.5-in., bound in DC customer survey form. Otherwise, the comic is identical to ordinary copies. No info is available as to how many copies of this issue or other May cover-dated issues contained the survey. However, survey copies almost never turn up so distribution of this variant type must have been very limited.
    "Case of the Crimson Coffin!" Script by David V. Reed, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Dick Giordano. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #299
    Batman (1940) 299
    Tags: Batman
    Published May 1978 by DC.

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. The Island of Purple Mist!, script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Dick Giordano; Baxter Baines admits that he wishes to unmask Batman. Hostess Twinkies ad starring Wonder Woman, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. The Answer Man with Bob Rozakis. Kurt Schaffenberger bio. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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    $9 Batman #299 DC Comics 1978 FN
    $100 Batman 299 CGC Graded 9.4 NM Newsstand DC Comics 1978
    $295 Batman #299 CGC NM/MT 9.8

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  • Issue #300
    Batman (1940) 300
    Tags: Batman
    Published Jun 1978 by DC.
    • Cover oxidation.
    • Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover art by Dick Giordano. Giant-sized 300th Anniversary with 3-part book-length story, "The Last Batman Story--?", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by Walt Simonson, inks by Dick Giordano; Batman and Robin in Gotham City of the future thwart the attempted attack by a band of blue-costumed men on a mobile surgical capsule being transferred to the Columbia Space Station surgery department; The villains' leader is killed in a strange explosion; Batman and Robin realize that their foes are a crime-cabal called Spectrum, divided into seven sections to correspond with the colors of the light spectrum. Hostess snack cakes ad with Aquaman. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

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    $51 Batman #300 CGC 8.0 SS Walt Simonson Last Story 1978
    $55 1978 BATMAN #300 CGC 7.5 WHITE PAGES - DC Anniversary Double-size -Dick Giordano
    $60 BATMAN #300 (1978) - GRADE 8.5 - DC ANNIVERSARY ISSUE DICK GIORDANO COVER
    $75 Batman 300 CGC Graded 8.0 VF Newsstand DC Comics 1978
    $85 Batman #300 CGC Graded 9.2 (1978) Dick Giordano Cover DC Comics
    $85 DC Comics (6/78) Batman #300 CBCS 8.5
    $100 Batman #300 CGC 8.5
    $130 DC Comics Batman #300 CGC 9.6 White Pages
    $530 1978 D.C. Comics Batman 300 CGC 9.8. Anniversary Issue.
    4 days left Auction BATMAN #300 VF-NM 1978 Anniversary Issue. Newsstand variant. Last Batman Story!
    3 days left Auction Batman Special 300th Issue Comic Book
    4 days left Auction Batman #300 Anniversary Issue Bronze Age 1978 FN+

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  • Issue #301
    Batman (1940) 301
    Tags: Bruce Wayne Murderer (part MurderTheme)
    Published Jul 1978 by DC.

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. "The Only Man Batman Ever Killed!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Perry Travers dies during a botched robbery and his autopsy reveals his membership as a Wirehead in the mob of The Overlord; Batman takes to a disguise as Akeldama to smoke out The Overlord and a mole in the police department, and arrives just as Luke Brant kills The Overlord. Hostess Cup Cakes ad starring Superman. Batman's Strangest Cases! ad. The DC Explosion! ad. Outstripping Ourselves article by Jenette Kahn; Publisher discusses a new upcoming DC newspaper comic strip based on the Justice League of America, titled "The World's Greatest Superheroes." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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    $20 Batman #301 DC (6.0 FN) (1978)
    $40 Batman # 301 CGC 9.2 White Pages
    $170 BATMAN #301 CGC 9.6 WHITE PAGES // DC COMICS 1978

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  • Issue #302
    Batman (1940) 302
    Tags: Batman
    Published Aug 1978 by DC.

    Last 35-cent cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "The Attack of the Wire-Head Killers," script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Dick Giordano; After admitting to the murder of Malcolm Millbrook in order to spare Gotham from a gang war, Batman becomes the target of Millbrook's "wire-head killers." Daily Planet Extra Volume 78 Issue 18 Week of May1, 1978 article by Bob Rozakis. Information on Claw the Unconquered #12, House of Secrets #153, comics on sale the week of May 8th and Ask the Answer Man. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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    $15 Batman # 302 (DC,1978) Very Fine/Near Mint Condition -

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  • Issue #303
    Batman (1940) 303
    Tags: Batman
    Published Sep 1978 by DC.
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4367150004

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. "Batman's Great Identity Switch!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Dick Giordano; In the Museum of Natural History Batman gets struck on the head by a rock while battling the Dodo Man, a crook who likes to steal anything related to dodos; The knock to the head reverses his identity-switching impulse, so that he fights criminals as Bruce Wayne and appears in civilian life as Batman. "If Justice Be Served," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Michael Golden, inks by Jack Abel; While playing tennis with Bruce Wayne, Angus McKame dies of a heart attack; Bruce dons his Batman garb to check out the apartment where McKame was rumored to have stashed his riches in a wall-safe. Steve Mitchell profile by Michael Catron. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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    $45 Batman # 303 CGC 9.0 White
    $100 Batman 303 CGC 9.2 Classic Cover 9/1978
    4 days left Auction Batman #303 Newstand (1978, DC) 1st Unsolved Cases of Batman - Jim Aparo

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  • Issue #304
    Batman (1940) 304
    Tags: Batman
    Published Oct 1978 by DC.

    Cover pencils by Al Milgrom (layout) and Jim Aparo (signed), inks by Jim Aparo (signed). "To Hell with Batman--And Back!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Dick Giordano; The Dark Knight has been kidnapped and drugged by the Spook, who attempts to convince the hero that he has been killed. Hostess Twinkies ad starring Green Lantern and Mirror Master, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. "The Amazing Secret of Dr. Dundee" featuring the Public Life of Bruce Wayne, script by David Vern as (David V. Reed), pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Bruce Wayne reveals his secret identity to Douglas William Dundee, the surgeon that, with Thomas Wayne's help, aided Martha Wayne in giving birth to Bruce; He also hires him as Batman's personal doctor; While Bruce is getting a checkup, crooks break in to Dundee's office. Biography of DC publisher Jenette Kahn. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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    $60 BATMAN 304 CGC 8.5 WHITE PAGES 1978 CGC L9
    $109 Batman #304 CGC 9.2 DC Comic 1978 Bronze Age Spook Appearance WHITE PAGES Aparo
    2 days left Auction Batman #304 VF+, Spook appearance
    2 hours left Auction Batman #304 [1978] - The Spook app. - Higher grade
    4 days left Auction BATMAN 304 CGC 7.0 WHITE PAGES 1978 CGC

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  • Issue #305
    Batman (1940) 305
    Tags: Batman
    Published Nov 1978 by DC.

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. "Death-Gamble of a Darknight Detective!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Dave Hunt; The Dark Knight takes on the Death's Head terrorist gang and Thanatos, their masked and costumed leader. Hostess snack cakes ad with Green Lantern and Mirror Master. Daily Planet Extra Volume 78 Issue 31 Week of July 31, 1978 article, art by Fred Hembeck; Information on Vixen #1, Weird War Tales #69, comics on sale the week of August 7th, Ask the Answer Man and Hembeck strip featuring Hollywood star Superman. "With This Ring Find Me Dead!", script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Dave Hunt; Commissioner Gordon summons Batman when a wedding ring found on the finger of an unidentified female corpse bears the inscription, "To my darling wife. Love, the Batman." 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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    $10 DC Batman Batman 1st Series #305 VG+
    4 days left Auction Batman #305 Newstand (1978, DC) Unsolved Cases of Batman VF

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  • Issue #306
    Batman (1940) 306
    Tags: Bruce Wayne Murderer (part MurderTheme)
    Published Dec 1978 by DC.

    First standard-priced 40-cent cover issue. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Night of Siege," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Dave Hunt; An ex-junkie costumed vigilante called The Black Spider tries to kill dope dealer Hannibal Hardwicke; Batman saves Hardwicke and takes him to Bruce Wayne's penthouse apartment for safekeeping; The Black Spider battles past Batman into the apartment. "The Mystery Murderer of Mrs. Batman!", script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Dave Hunt; A freezing gas in Jeff Richter's suit immobilizes Batman and Alfred; Batman checks Richter's fingerprints and discovers that each finger bears the print of a different criminal. Battlestar Galactica Monogram model kit ad on back cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.