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Publisher: DC

Title: Batman
Issue: 198
Page Count: 84
Publish Date: January-February 1968
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G43 - Batman #198
Owner: Par2ch

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Story Title: Special All-Villain Issue! - cover
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman; Joe Chill; Joker (inset); Catwoman (inset); Penguin (inset)


Story Title: Giant Batman - table of contents
Pages:1
Pencils:? (illustration)
Inks:? (illustration)
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Origin of the Batman! - comic story
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin retold in detail); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Thomas Wayne (flashback, death); Martha Wayne (flashback, death); Joe Chill (villain, name revealed in this story, Thomas and Martha Wayne's murderer, death); Feets Borgam (killer, death); Monty Julep (illegal gambler, death)
Synopsis:While investigating criminal activity at a transport company, Batman recognizes the owner, Joe Chill, as the man who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne years before. Batman tries to find evidence of Chill's illegal operations, but when he fails, he decides to reveal his identity to Chill and tells him that will be watching him and will catch him eventually. In a panic, Chill flees to his gang, but when they find out Chill is responsible for Batman's existence they shoot him, and only after do they realize that they should have asked Chill for Batman's real name.


Story Title: The Jungle Cat-Queen! - comic story
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:12
Genre:superhero


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Features:Giant Bat Mail
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Web of the Spinner - comic story
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:8.5
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; The Spinner (Villain; Introduction); "Peanuts" Gilson


Story Title: Oswald Who? - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:superhero
Characters:Catwoman
Reprinted:from Batman Sunday (McClure Syndicate) 1946.02.10 - 1946.03.10


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Bill and His Family
Pages:0.5
Genre:humor


Story Title: The Crimes of Batman! - comic story
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:12
Genre:superhero


Story Title: The Menace of False Face - comic story
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:8
Genre:superhero


Story Title: The Bandit of the Bells! - comic story
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Gong [Ed Peale] (villain, introduction); Henry Morton
Synopsis:Batman and Robin face a new villain, The Gong, who commits crimes based on bells.


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Pages:0.5


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Direct Currents
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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