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BATMAN #317
Cover Date: November 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Publication Date: 1979-08-07
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Cover Credits:
Art: Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood
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Credits:
| Story | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Irv Novick |
| Inks | Frank McLaughlin |
| Colors | Glynis Wein |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (next in Justice League of America #171)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lucius Fox
- Alfred Pennyworth (last in World's Finest Comics #259; next in Brave and the Bold #157)
- Robin (next in Detective Comics #487/3)
- James Gordon (next in Brave and the Bold #157)
- Selina Kyle (last in issue #315)
Villain(s):
- Riddler (last in issue #292; next in Detective Comics #493)
- Karlyle Kruggerrand
- Gregorian Falstaff (first actual appearance)
- Jake Hammer (first appearance; Edward Nigma's cellmate)
- two gunrunners operating from a magazine warehouse (first appearance of both)
- a foreign agent (first appearance; attempting to smuggle the guns overseas)
Other Character(s):
- Warden of Gotham State Prison
- a unidentified prison doctor
- G.C.P.D. (Sgt. Hainer named)
- driver of a chicken truck (first appearance)
Location(s):
- Gotham City
- Wayne Foundation
- Batcave
- Gotham State Prison
Comment(s):
- This story takes place at the beginning of Dick's summer vacation.
Story Reprinted in:
- Tales of the Batman: Len Wein ([December] 2014)
- Batman Arkham: The Riddler (2015)
Solicitation:
- Batman and Robin try to piece together the puzzling mystery hidden within a book of 1,001 riddles autographed by the Riddler.