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Batman 294

BATMAN #294

Cover Date: December 1977
Cover Price: $0.35
Publication Date: 1977-09-08

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "[Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?] The Testimony of the Joker!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDavid Vern (as David V. Reed)
PencilsJohn Calnan
InksTex Blaisdell
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJerry Serpe
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (reveals he was disguised as Two-Face in this story; also appears in flashbacks; next in Action Comics #478)

Supporting Character(s):

James Gordon (last in flashback issue #292; next in Batman Family #15)

Villain(s):

Captain Stingaree (next in Detective Comics #526)
Cavalier (next in Batman Family #15)
Cluemaster (next in issue #336)
Getaway Genius (last in issue #254; next in Detective Comics #526)
Joker (also in flashbacks; next in Detective Comics #472)
Killer Moth (next in Batman Family #15)
Mad Hatter II (next in issue #297)
Mister Freeze (next in issue #308)
Poison Ivy (next in Batman Family #17/2)
Ra's al Ghul (next in DC Special Series #15/2)
Scarecrow (next in issue #296)
Signalman (next in Justice League of America #195)
Spook (next in issue #304)
Tweedledum (last in ???: next in Detective Comics #526)
Tweedledee (last in ???: next in Detective Comics #526)
Two-Face (last in Teen Titans Vol. 1 #48; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #117)
Colonel Jake "the Claw" Van Cleeve
various criminals

Other Character(s):

G.C.P.D.
Jerry Randall (first appearance; in flashback; a young book store owner and admirer of the Batman; dies)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Catwoman (in flashback)
Lex Luthor (in flashbacks)
Riddler (in flashback)
Superman (in flashbacks)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Arkham Asylum
Ha-Hacienda

Comment(s):

This story is continued from the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman ([January] 2009)
The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019)

Solicitation:

In the fourth installment of the ""Who Killed Batman?"" the murderer's identity is finally revealed--but who will truly have the last laugh?


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