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Batman 307

BATMAN #307

Cover Date: January 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Publication Date: 1978-10-10

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


Story: "Dark Messenger of Mercy!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLen Wein
PencilsJohn Calnan
InksDick Giordano
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGlynis Wein
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Action Comics #489; next in Brave and the Bold #147)

Supporting Character(s):

James Gordon (last in issue #305/2; next in Brave and the Bold #147)
Lucius Fox (first appearance; last in flashback to earliest chronological appearance in issue #326)
Alfred Pennyworth (last in Detective Comics #481; next in Brave and the Bold #147)

Villain(s):

"The Gold Coin Killer" (Quentin Conroy; first appearance; also posing as his father, "Limehouse Jack," killing Gotham's homeless with gold coins covered in a contact poison)
Gregorian Falstaff (first mentioned; next in issue #310; behind the scenes)

Other Character(s):

Shamrock (first appearance; a homeless man; next in issue #323)
Slugger (first appearance; a homeless man; next in Untold Legend of the Batman #3)
Poet (first appearance; a homeless man; next in Untold Legend of the Batman #3)
Good Queen Bess (first appearance; a homeless woman; next in Untold Legend of the Batman #3)
Squirrel Kominsky (first appearance; a homeless man)
Eager Edith (first appearance; a homeless woman
Ballerina (first appearance; a homeless woman; dies)
other unidentified homeless (two killed off panel)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Foundation Building

Story Reprinted in:

DC Retroactive: Batman - The '70s #1 (September 2011)
Tales of the Batman: Len Wein ([December] 2014)

Solicitation:

Batman must find a murderer, and the first appearance Lucius Fox!


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