My Slabbed Comics

Already a member? Click here to Log in!
Don't have an account yet? Sign Up for your FREE account today!
Change Issue

Issue: #256

Change Series

Series: Batman

Change Publisher

Publisher: DC

Title: Batman
Issue: 256
Page Count: 100
Publish Date: May-June 1974
Volume: 35

Assigned Comics

Batman 256
Owner: greggy

964
Views
9.6
CGC

Batman #256 - 100 Page
Owner: Par2ch

899
Views
9.0
CGC



Inside This Issue:

Detailed information about the issue is listed below.

Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]


Story Title: Batman Issue No. 256 - table of contents
Pages:1
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]


Story Title: Catwoman's Circus Caper! - comic story
Pages:20
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; unnamed owner of the Tip-Top Circus; Bobo and His Clowns; Catwoman [Selina Kyle; aka Nelias] (villain); Bernie Byrd (villain)
Synopsis:When Bruce discovers that Dick has left Hudson University to investigate some mystery at the Tip-Top Circus, Batman decides to join the Teen Wonder to investigate a murder at the circus.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Dinosaur Island! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Murray Wilson Hart (master showman); Mr. Breach (big-game hunter); Stephen Chase (villain, big-game hunter)
Synopsis:Batman and Robin are challenged to a game of "Touch Hunt" on famed Dinosaur Island in return for a gift to charity in the amount of $5000...if they win the game. But they soon discover that they are the prey being hunted...by a very human adversary!


Story Title: [ no title ] - statement of ownership
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: If Bruce Wayne Had Not Become the Batman - comic story
Pages:2
Genre:superhero


Story Title: The Penny Plunderers! - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; J. J. Withers (introduction); Joe Coyne (villain, introduction); Skinny (villain, introduction, death); Mike (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Throughout his life, Joe Coyne felt threatened, done in by pennies and coppers, so he decides to use the "copper penny" as a trademark of his crimes.


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Features:Bat-Puzzle
Pages:1
Pencils:? (spot illustration)
Inks:? (spot illustration)
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero


Story Title: Brothers in Crime! - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rafferty Brothers [Peter (death); Steve (death); Mike (death)] (villains)
Synopsis:While visiting their trophy room, the Caped Crusaders come across a bullet-proof vest, a keepsake from a case involving the Rafferty Brothers, who unwittingly implicated their brother Peter in a murder.


Story Title: The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Doom (villain, smuggler, death); The Joker (villain, image)
Synopsis:As they add trophy 1000 to the Bat-Cave's collection, the Caped Crusaders decide to check over the other trophies to make sure they are in good shape. They are called out on another case, bringing back trophy 1001 unaware that the evil Dr. Doom is hiding inside and plans to rig some of the trophies in the Bat-Cave to kill the Dynamic Duo.


Story Title: The Secret of Batman Island! - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; A. K. Barnaby (a Batman fan); Fat Man (image); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain, image); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, image); The Joker (villain, image); The Shark [Armand Lydecker] (villain); a gang of jewel thieves (villains)
Synopsis:The founder/owner of Batman Island is followed home by criminals seeking films the man has been shooting that could finger them for a crime they committed.


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Features:Bat-Puzzle
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]


Story Title: The Catwoman! - character profile
Pages:1
Pencils:? (various)
Inks:? (various)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Catwoman [Selina Kyle]


Story Title: Letters to the Batman Extra! - letters page
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Latest Updates

All

Brandon Shepherd

11/20/2024 8:09:00 PM

 hunter_collects

11/20/2024 7:27:00 PM

Tj Watson

11/19/2024 5:02:00 PM

 Par2ch

11/19/2024 12:40:00 PM

Erik Bouchard

11/19/2024 5:31:00 AM

 

 jimbo707

11/18/2024 9:42:00 PM

 MedicAR

11/17/2024 3:11:00 PM

 Falgc075

11/14/2024 6:41:00 PM

 DDT56

11/13/2024 11:31:00 PM

Triston  Pence

11/13/2024 8:25:00 PM





Latest News & Press

15
Nov
MySlabbedComics Is Now On Bluesky!
Follow us on under ID MySlabbedComics, you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram & X.com! ...
1
Nov
New Slabs Upoaded to Dale Roberts Comics
Check out the new Golden Age to Copper age inventory now for sale!...
30
Oct
Hakes's Online Auction Is Now Open For Bidding!
Check out the over 2200 lots now available for bidding including two copies of Amazing Spider-Man #1 and over 500 more comic related items!...