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Publisher: DC

Title: Batman
Issue: 257
Page Count: 100
Publish Date: July-August 1974
Volume: 35

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Batman 257
Owner: greggy

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Batman #257 - 100 Page
Owner: Par2ch

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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]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Talia al Ghul; the Joker (inset); Alfred Pennyworth (inset); Ally Babble (inset)


Story Title: The Batman and Robin in Tales of Comedy and Tragedy - table of contents
Pages:1
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]


Story Title: Hail Emperor Penguin! - comic story
Pages:20
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; King Peeble IV (Kingdom of Swawak ruler); Talia al Ghul; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot; aka Forster Aptenodytes] (villain); Ras al Ghul (image); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (image)
Synopsis:When a young King is kidnapped by the Penguin, it takes the efforts of Batman, Robin and Talia to free him from the madman's clutches.


Story Title: The Penguin's Unique Umbrellas! - comic story
Pages:2
Pencils:? (illustrations)
Inks:? (illustrations)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain)


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Features:Bat-Puzzle
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Hunt for a Robin-Killer! - comic story
Pages:13.67
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jim Condors (villain); Ed Condors (villain)
Synopsis:After finding the Boy Wonder nearly dead from a brutal beating, a vengeful Batman hits the streets to find the man responsible.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Casey the Cop
Synopsis:Casey arrests a camera fiend, whom the Sergeant misinterprets as a person who likes to take pictures.


Story Title: Man Without Fingerprints! - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:crime
Characters:Roscoe Peters
Synopsis:The FBI has little trouble in identifying a criminal who found a way to rid himself of his fingerprints after a crime.


Story Title: Ally Babble and the Fourteen Peeves! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ally Babble (introduction); Jasper Quinch (rich man, introduction); Thomas Traff (introduction); Hoiman (villain, introduction); Shoiman (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Ally Babble accepts the offer of $5000 from a rich man to eliminate 14 peeves he has against others, but is soon charged with ripping off the man who paid him.


Story Title: Conversational Clue! - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne (guest-star); Dick Grayson (guest-star)
Synopsis:When Alfred accidentally hears some unsettling conversation in a local library, he follows the clue up...which nearly costs him his life!


Story Title: Die Small -- Die Big! - comic story
Pages:14.34
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Barbara Gordon; Herbert Small
Synopsis:The appearance of a man dressed as the Batman at a party at Wayne Mansion and carrying a death threat for the Caped Crusader spurs Batman to attack the problem alone without the aid of Robin.


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Features:Bat-Puzzle
Pages:0.33


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Pages:2
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Rackety-Rax Racket! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Aces (villain)
Synopsis:A series of crazy college initiations are actually a blind for daring thefts masterminded by the Joker.


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