Batman #198 (1968) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue: #198
Publication date: January-February 1968
Key date: 1968-01-00
On-sale date: 1967-11-14
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 84
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Batman.

Death on record for: Joe Chill, Martha Wayne.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Special All-Villain Issue!	cover	1	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson, Charles Paris; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, Catwoman, Joe Chill, Oswald Cobblepot, Joker, Selina Kyle, Penguin, Bruce Wayne
1	Giant Batman	table of contents	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
2	The Origin of the Batman!	comic story	13	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman Origin, Joe Chill Death, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne, Martha Wayne Death, Thomas Wayne
3	The Jungle Cat-Queen!	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Letterese	Batman, Catwoman, Dick Grayson, Selina Kyle, Robin, Bruce Wayne
4	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
5	The Web of the Spinner	comic story	8.5	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan Starkman	Batman, Batwoman, Dick Grayson, Kathy Kane, Robin, Bruce Wayne
6	Oswald Who?	comic story	5	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Catwoman, Dick Grayson, Selina Kyle, Robin, Bruce Wayne
7	Bill and His Family	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8	The Crimes of Batman!	comic story	12	script: David Vern; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Dick Grayson, Joker, Robin, Bruce Wayne
9	The Menace of False Face	comic story	8	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Letterese	Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
10	The Bandit of the Bells!	comic story	12	pencils: Bob Kane, Charles Paris; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
11	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12	-	in-house column	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson, Sid Greene

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Inferior Five #6	1968	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4755-3	2014	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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