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DC Special Series 15

DC SPECIAL SERIES #15
(BATMAN SPECTACULAR)

Cover Date: Summer 1978
Cover Price: $1.00

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Cover Credits:
Art: Marshall Rogers (signed)


Story: "Hang The Batman" (30 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDavid Reed
PencilsMike Nassar
InksJoe Rubinstien
LetteringMilt Snapinn
ColorsCory Adams
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon
Alfred Pennyworth

Villain(s):

Drungo and his gang (first appearance for all; attempt to rob a warehouse)
Bucky Samsoza (first appearance; kills Archer Beaumont)

Other Character(s):

Archer Beaumont (no actual appearance; dies before this story; a master mystery writer)
Horace Hobson (first appearance; Beaumont's personal secretary and secret co-writer of his mysteries)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Comment(s):

This story takes place over six days.


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Second Story: "I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife!" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsMichael Golden
InksDick Giordano
LetteringMilt Snapinn
ColorsCory Adams
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Alfred Pennyworth

Villain(s):

Ra's al Ghul
Lurk (first appearance; Ra's aide)
Professor Vasco Markewitch (first appearance; a Russian scientist who creates a mist that puts people to sleep and blocks radio waves)

Other Character(s):

Talia al Ghul
Barry Dark

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Comment(s):

This story takes place over two days in July.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: Tales of the Demon (1991)
Batman Arkham: Ra's al Ghul (2019)
Legends of the Dark Knight: Michael Golden (2019)


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Third Story: "Death Strikes at Midnight and Three" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
ArtMarshall Rogers
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Alfred Pennyworth

Comment(s):

This is a text story with illustrations by Rogers.


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