Batman #261

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Note: this is the final issue of 100-Page Super Spectacular.

TITLE: Batman #261
PUBLICATION DATE: Mar/Apr 1975 (onsale 12/31/1974)
FORMAT: 96 squarebound pages plus covers
COVER PRICE: $1.00
COVER ART: Nicholas Peter Cardy
NOTES: Last 100-Page Giant
CONTENTS: "Batman"
Stories:

• Batman: "The Mystery That Never Was" (20 pages)
  Dennis J. O'Neil (Writer), Irv Novick (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker)
  
• Batman: "Crime's Man-Hunt" (13 pages)
  Joseph Greene (Writer), Dick Sprang (Artist)
  From Detective Comics #92, October 1944
• Batman: "The 1,001 Inventions of Batman" (8 pages)
  Edmond Hamilton (Writer), Dick Sprang (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Batman #109, August 1957
• Batman: "A Christmas Peril" (12 pages)
  Don Cameron (Writer), Jerry Robinson (Artist)
  From Batman #27, Feb/Mar 1945
• Batman: "The Great Batman Contest" (8 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Batman #100, June 1956
• Batman: "The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City" (14 pages)
  Gardner F. Fox (Writer), Carmine Infantino (Penciller), Joe Giella (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #345, November 1965

Features:

• "Bat-Puzzle" (1 Page)
  (Word search)
• "Strange Laws" (1 Page)
  (Humor filler by Henry Boltinoff)
• "The Women in the Batman's Life" (1 Page)
  (Facts about women from Batman's life)
• "Batman Workshop" (1 Page)
  (Hobby hints)
• "Letters to the Batman" (2 Pages)
  (Letters Page)
  

Batman #260

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TITLE: Batman #260
PUBLICATION DATE: Jan/Feb 1975 (onsale 10/31/1974)
FORMAT: 96 squarebound pages plus covers
COVER PRICE: $1.00
COVER ART: Nicholas Peter Cardy
NOTES: -
CONTENTS: "Batman"
Stories:

• Batman: "This One'll Kill You, Batman" (20 pages)
  Dennis J. O'Neil (Writer), Irv Novick (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker)
  
• Batman: "The Grade A Crimes" (13 pages)
  Ruth Lyon Kaufman (Writer), Jack Burnley (Artist)
  From Batman #16, Apr/May 1943
• Batman: "The Perfect Crime -- Slightly Imperfect" (12 pages)
  Gardner F. Fox (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Sid Greene (Inker)
  From Batman #181, June 1966
• Batman: "The Case Without a Crime" (12 pages)
  Alvin Schwartz (Writer), J. Winslow Mortimer (Artist)
  From Detective Comics #112, June 1946
• Adventures of Alfred: "The Pearl of Peril" (4 pages)
  Don Cameron (Writer), Jerry Robinson (Artist)
  From Batman #27, Feb/Mar 1945
• Batman: "The Riddler's Prison-Puzzle Problem" (15 pages)
  Gardner F. Fox (Writer), Frank Springer (Penciller), Sid Greene (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #377, July 1968

Features:

• "The Batman Whirly-Word Game" (1 Page)
  (Puzzles and games)
• "Batman Trivia Quiz" (1 Page)
  (Trivia)
• "Strange Old Laws" (1 Page)
  (Humor filler by Henry Boltinoff)
• "Speedy Justice" (1 Page)
  (Filler)
• "Letters to the Batman" (2 Pages)
  (Letters Page)
  

Batman #259

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TITLE: Batman #259
PUBLICATION DATE: Nov/Dec 1974 (onsale 8/27/1974)
FORMAT: 96 squarebound pages plus covers
COVER PRICE: $0.60
COVER ART: Nicholas Peter Cardy
NOTES: -
CONTENTS: "Batman"
Stories:

• Batman: "The Night of the Shadow" (20 pages)
  Dennis J. O'Neil (Writer), Irv Novick (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker)
  
• Batman: "The Great Batman Swindle" (12 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Dick Sprang (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #222, August 1955
• Batman: "The Strange Costumes of Batman" (12 pages)
  Edmond Hamilton (Writer), Dick Sprang (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #165, November 1950
• Batman: "Heroes by Proxy" (11 pages)
  Don Cameron (Writer), Dick Sprang (Artist)
  From Batman #29, Jun/Jul 1945
• Batman: "Two Batmen Too Many" (12 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Joe Giella (Inker)
  From Batman #177, December 1965
• Batman: "The Failure of Bruce Wayne" (10 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Batman #120, December 1958

Features:

• "Letters to the Batman" (2 Pages)
  (Letters Page)
• "A New Look for Robin" (2 Pages)
  (Robin costume designs)
• "Comedy Cover Capers" (1 Page)
  (Humorous covers)
  

Batman #258

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TITLE: Batman #258
PUBLICATION DATE: Sep/Oct 1974 (onsale 6/25/1974)
FORMAT: 96 squarebound pages plus covers
COVER PRICE: $0.60
COVER ART: Nicholas Peter Cardy
NOTES: -
CONTENTS: "Batman"
Stories:

• Batman: "Threat of the Two-Headed Coin" (20 pages)
  Dennis J. O'Neil (Writer), Irv Novick (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker)
  
• Batman: "The Three Racketeers" (13 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Bob Kane (Penciller), Jerry Robinson (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #61, March 1942
• Batman: "7 Wonder Crimes of Gotham City" (14 pages)
  Gardner F. Fox (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Joe Giella (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #368, October 1967
• Batman: "Twenty-Ton Robbery" (12 pages)
  Don Cameron (Writer), Dick Sprang (Artist)
  From Batman #26, Dec/Jan 1944
• Batman: "The Guardian of 100 Cities" (8 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Batman #95, October 1955
• Batman: "The Man with a Thousand Eyes" (12 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Lew Sayre Schwartz (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From World's Finest Comics #43, Dec/Jan 1949

Features:

• "Bat-Puzzle" (1 Page)
  (Color by numbers puzzle)
• "Letters to the Batman" (1 Page)
  (Letters Page)
• "Rally 'Round Robin" (1 Page)
  (Letters Page)
  

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)
  

Batman #256

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TITLE: Batman #256
PUBLICATION DATE: May/Jun 1974 (onsale 2/21/1974)
FORMAT: 96 squarebound pages plus covers
COVER PRICE: $0.60
COVER ART: Nicholas Peter Cardy
NOTES: -
CONTENTS: "Batman"
Stories:

• Batman: "Catwoman's Circus Caper" (20 pages)
  Dennis J. O'Neil (Writer), Irv Novick (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker)
  
• Batman: "Dinosaur Island" (12 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Bob Kane (Penciller), Ray Burnley (Inker)
  From Batman #35, Jun/Jul 1946
• Batman: "The Penny Plunderers" (13 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Bob Kane (Penciller), Jack Burnley (Inker)
  From World's Finest Comics #30, Sep/Oct 1947
• Batman: "Brothers in Crime" (13 pages)
  Don Cameron (Writer), Jerry Robinson (Artist)
  From Batman #12, Aug/Sep 1942
• Batman: "The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman" (12 pages)
  Edmond Hamilton (Writer), Bob Kane (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #158, April 1950
• Batman: "The Secret of Batman Island" (8 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Batman #119, October 1958

Features:

• "Letters to the Batman" (1 Page)
  (Letters Page)
• "If Bruce Wayne Had Not Become the Batman" (2 Pages)
  (Depicts several different alternate lives of Bruce Wayne)
• "Bat-Puzzle" (1 Page)
  (Crossword puzzle)
• "The Catwoman" (1 Page)
  (Pictoral history of Catwoman)
• "Letters to the Batman Extra" (1 Page)
  (Letters Page)

Batman #255

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TITLE: Batman #255
PUBLICATION DATE: Mar/Apr 1974 (onsale 12/25/1973)
FORMAT: 96 squarebound pages plus covers
COVER PRICE: $0.50
COVER ART: Neal Adams/Nicholas Peter Cardy
NOTES: -
CONTENTS: "Batman"
Stories:

• Batman: "Moon of the Wolf" (20 pages)
  Len Wein (Writer), Neal Adams (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker)
  
• Batman: "The First Batman" (10 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Stan Kaye (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #235, September 1956
• Batman: "The Duped Domestics" (12 pages)
  Alvin Schwartz (Writer), Bob Kane (Penciller), Jerry Robinson (Inker)
  From Batman #22, Apr/May 1944
• Batman: "The True-False Face of Batman" (15 pages)
  Gardner F. Fox (Writer), Carmine Infantino (Penciller), Sid Greene (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #363, May 1967
• Robin: "Crazy-Quilt Comes Back" (8 pages)
  France E. Herron (Writer), Jim Mooney (Artist)
  From Star Spangled Comics #123, December 1951
• Batman: "The Outsider Strikes Back" (15 pages)
  Gardner F. Fox (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Joe Giella (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #340, June 1965

Features:

• "The Story of the Batmobile" (2 Pages)
  (Various)
  (Several panels from old Batman stories)
• "Letters to the Batman" (1 Page)
  (Letters Page)
• "Extra Letters to the Batman" (1 Page)
  

Batman #254

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TITLE: Batman #254
PUBLICATION DATE: Jan/Feb 1974 (onsale 10/23/1973)
FORMAT: 96 squarebound pages plus covers
COVER PRICE: $0.50
COVER ART: Nicholas Peter Cardy
NOTES: -
CONTENTS: "Batman"
Stories:

• Batman: "King of the Gotham Jungle" (13 pages)
  Frank Robbins (Writer), Irv Novick (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker)
  
• Batman: "The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom" (13 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Bob Kane (Artist)
  From World's Best Comics #1, 1941
• Batman: "Bullet-Hole Club" (12 pages)
  David Vern Reed (Writer), Dick Sprang (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From World's Finest Comics #50, Feb/Mar 1951
• Batman: "The Man Who Stole from Batman" (15 pages)
  Gardner F. Fox (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Joe Giella (Inker)
  From Detective Comics #334, December 1964
• Robin: "The Phenomenal Memory of Luke Graham" (7 pages)
  Elliot S. Maggin (Writer), Dick Dillin (Penciller), Murphy Anderson (Inker)
  
• Batman: "The Son of the Joker" (10 pages)
  Bill Finger (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Artist)
  From Batman #145, February 1962
• Batman: "The Guardian of the Bat-Signal" (10 pages)
  Edmond Hamilton (Writer), Sheldon Moldoff (Penciller), Charles Paris (Inker)
  From Batman #85, August 1954

Features:

• "Batman Oddities" (1 Page)
  (Kane)
  (Several panels from old Batman stories)
• "Bat-Maze" (1 Page)
  (Puzzle)
• "Letters to the Batman" (2 Pages)
  (Letters Page)