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Batman 291

BATMAN #291

Cover Date: September 1977
Cover Price: $0.35
Publication Date: 1977-06-07

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed? The Testimony of the Catwoman!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDavid Vern (as David V. Reed)
PencilsJohn Calnan
InksTex Blaisdell
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJerry Serpe
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Justice League of America #148; disguised as Two-Face in this story; appears as Batman in flashbacks)

Villain(s):

Captain Stingaree (last in Secret Society of Super-Villains #6)
Catwoman (last in Batman Family #8; next in Detective Comics #479)
Cavalier (last in Batman Family #10)
Joker (last in issue #286)
Killer Moth (last in Batman Family #10)
Lex Luthor (last in DC Special Series #5)
Mad Hatter II (last in issue #201)
Mister Freeze (last in Detective Comics #373)
Poison Ivy (last in DC Special Series #6)
Ra's al Ghul (last in Detective Comics #448)
Riddler (last in issue #279)
Scarecrow (last in Justice League of America #143)
Signalman (last in Detective Comics #466)
Spook (last in issue #276)
Colonel Jake "the Claw" Van Cleeve (first appearance; a Gotham City mobster)
Catwoman's gang (first appearance all; Cody named; all in flashback in what may be fictionalized events)
various criminals in different cities (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

G.C.P.D.
citizens of Gotham City (in flashback)

Location(s):

Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Gotham City
Miami, FL
New Orleans, LA
San Francisco, CA

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman ([January] 2009)
The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019)

Solicitation:

The Dark Knight is dead! But who is responsible? In this first installment, the Dark Knight's feline foe Catwoman gives her account of how she killed Batman!


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