Unofficial Batman Index

BATMAN #258

Cover Date: September-October 1974
Cover Price: $0.60

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood

Story: "Threat of the Two-Headed Coin!" (20 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Dennis O'Neil
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Dick Giordano
Lettering	Ben Oda
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Detective Comics #442; next in Superman Vol. 1 #279)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin

Commissioner Gordon (in between Brave and the Bold #114 and #115)

Villain(s):

Two-Face (last in Brave and the Bold #106; next in issue #260)

Hotsy Totter (first appearance; an arsonist)

Joker (as an inmate at Arkham; last in Brave and the Bold #111; next in issue #260)

Harry Higby (first appearance; an actor who impersonates Two-Face during his escape from Arkham)

General John Harris (first appearance; springs Two-Face to steal a nuclear warhead; dies)

Samuel Smith-Smyth (first appearance; a former AEC employee)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Arkham Asylum

Washington, DC

Comment(s):

This story takes place during a school break at Hudson University.

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Second Story (reprint): "The Three Racketeers!" (13 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Detective Comics #61 (March 1942)

Comment(s):

This is a story of the Golden Age Batman and Robin.

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Third Story (reprint): "The 7 Wonders of Gotham City!" (14 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Assistant editing

E. Nelson Bridwell

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Detective Comics #368 (October 1967)

Comment(s):

This is a story of the Silver Age Batman and Robin.

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Fourth Story (reprint): "Twenty-Ton Robbery!" (12 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Batman Vol. 1 #26 (December-January 1944-5)

Comment(s):

This is a story of the Golden Age Batman and Robin.

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Fifth Story (reprint): "Die Small -- Die Big!" (15 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Editing

Julius Schwartz

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from : Detective Comics #385 (March 1969)

Comment(s):

This is a story of the Silver Age Batman and Robin.

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Sixth Story (reprint): "The Guardian of 100 Cities!" (8 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Batman Vol. 1 #95 (October 1955)

Comment(s):

This is a story of the Silver Age Batman and Robin.

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