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Issue Details

Issue	#397
Published	March 1970
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [July 2007].

Cover Details

Characters	Orson Payne; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [July 2007].
Reprinted	in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329

14 page Batman story "Paint a Picture of Peril!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Orson Payne; Cathy [Caterina Valance]
Genre	Superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

1 page Batman's Hot-Line letters page "Batman's Hot-Line"

Script	Julius Schwartz
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Barbara Reader, Alan Brennert, Gary Skinner, E.B. Bruce, Alice Irma and Steve Berry.

8 page Batgirl story "The Hollow Man"

Characters	Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Jason Bard; Max Tournov [John Milman]
Synopsis	Batgirl tries to track a killer who targets redheads.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Frank Robbins
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	story continued from Detective Comics #396. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Half page Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation text article "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Genre	Fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Average # copies per issue, previous year - 221,267.