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343January 1982
$0.60; 0.20 GBP

Batman #343

DC · January 1982 · on sale 1981-09-22

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#343
Publication date
January 1982
Key date
1982-01-00
On-sale date
1981-09-22
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.60; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Dagger So Deadly...cover1pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dick GiordanoBatman [Bruce Wayne]
2A Dagger So Deadly ...comic story19script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John CostanzaBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Arthur Reeves; Peter Pauling; Boss Rupert Thorne; Dagger [David Rennington] (villain); Jansen; Collins; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (flashback); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (flashback)
6Odyssey's Endcomic story8script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Trevor Von Eeden; inks: Rodin Rodriguez; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: P. Bernard Jr.Robin [Dick Grayson]; Deanna; Harris [as Dr. Paul Andre]; Sharkey (flashback)
8-letters page1script: Robin Snyder

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0709893043001

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-3101-9		2011On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-8163-2		2018On eBay ›
Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77950-085-4		2020On eBay ›

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