Batman #257

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TITLE: Batman #257
PUBLICATION DATE: Jul/Aug 1974 (onsale 4/30/1974)
FORMAT: 96 squarebound pages plus covers
COVER PRICE: $0.60
COVER ART: Nicholas Peter Cardy
NOTES: -
CONTENTS: "The Batman and Robin in Tales of Comedy and Tragedy"
Stories:

• Batman: "Hail Emperor Penguin" (20 pages)
  Dennis J. O'Neil (Writer), Irv Novick (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker)
  
• Batman: "Hunt for a Robin-Killer" (14 pages)
  Gardner F. Fox (Writer), Gil Kane (Penciller), Sid Greene (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #374, April 1968
• Batman: "Ally Babble and the Fourteen Peeves" (12 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Dick Sprang (Artist)
  From Batman #30, Aug/Sep 1945
• Adventures of Alfred: "Conversational Clue" (4 pages)
  Mort Weisinger (Writer), Jerry Robinson (Artist)
  From Batman #22, Apr/May 1944
• Batman: "Die Small -- Die Big" (15 pages)
  Robert Kanigher (Writer), Bob Brown (Penciller), Joe Giella (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #385, March 1969
• Batman: "Rackety-Rax Racket" (12 pages)
  Don Cameron (Writer), Dick Sprang (Artist)
  From Batman #32, Dec/Jan 1945

Features:

• "The Penguin's Unique Umbrellas" (2 Pages)
  (Details the use of Penguin's umbrellas)
• "Bat-Puzzle" (1 Page)
  (Crossword puzzle)
• "Casey the Cop" (1 Page)
  (by Henry Boltinoff)
• "Man Without Fingerprints" (1 Page)
  (Filler)
• "Letters to the Batman" (2 Pages)
  (Letters Page)