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BATMAN #343

Cover Date: January 1982
Cover Price: $0.60
Publication Date: 1981-09-22

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gene Colan (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)


Story: "A Dagger So Deadly..." (19 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGerry Conway
PencilsGene Colan
InksKlaus Janson
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsAdrienne Roy
Associate editingDave Manak
EditingDick Giordano

Feature Character(s):

Batman (in between World's Finest Comics #274 and #275; also in minor flashback to issue #339)

Supporting Character(s):

Alfred Pennyworth (last in Detective Comics #509; next in World's Finest Comics #275)

Villain(s):

Pamela Isley (in between issues #339 and #344; also in minor flashback to issue #339)
Ivor (in between issues #339 and #344)
Dagger II (David Rennington; first appearance; next in issue #400)
Rupert Thorne (last in issue #342; next in Detective Comics #511)
Peter Pauling (last in issue #341; next in Detective Comics #511)

Other Character(s):

Arthur Reeves (in between Detective Comics #508 and #510)
citizens of Gotham City
two Stokely, NY police officers (first appearance of both)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Man-Bat (flashback image)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave
Wayne Foundation
Stokely, NY (first appearance; 20 miles north of Gotham City)
Rennington Steel (first appearance; manufacturing plant and corporate headquarters)

Story Reprinted in:

Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan #1 (2011)
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #2 (2018)

Solicitation:

Batman attempts to stop Poison Ivy from cleaning out Wayne Foundation assets but must first face the Dagger.


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Second Story: "Odyssey's End" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGerry Conway
PencilsTrevor Von Eeden
InksRodin Rodriguez
LetteringPierre Bernard, Jr.
ColorsCarl Gafford
Associate editingDave Manak
EditingDick Giordano

Feature Character(s):

Robin (last in issue #342/2; next in DC Comics Presents #41)

Story Reprinted in:

Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #2 (2018)


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