Batman #289 (1977) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Sign of the Skull!	cover	1	pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Mike Grell; colors: Tatjana Wood	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Skull Dugger
2	Sign of the Skull	comic story	17	script: David V. Reed; pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: John Workman	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Skull Dugger; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Lance Layton; Michael Forrester; Dr. Faye Somers; Bernard Fisk; Joe Wiley
3	-	letters page	1	script: Bob Rozakis	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
4	Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call?	in-house column	0.67	script: Jenette Kahn
5	#11 Bob Haney	in-house column	0.33	script: Mike Gold

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
The Art of Mike Grell #1 ISBN 979-889412280-9	2025	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
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