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Issue Details

Issue #316
Published October 1979
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Paul Levitz
Notes Cover pencil credit in dispute. Original indexer and The Comic Reader #170 credit Dick Giordano. Nick Caputo asserts Ross Andru (September 2006). Across the DC line in October- and November-dated issues, there are many solo Dick Giordano covers, and only signed-Andru covers on Action and Superman. In addition, the solo-Giordano covers show signs of Andru influence, though Giordano said in a private correspondance with the GCD that he never worked from Andru layouts or sketches. (Giordano credit restored tentatively by Jim Van Dore, July 2009.)

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin; Crazy-Quilt
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Giordano?; Ross Andru?
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Cover pencil credit in dispute. Original indexer and The Comic Reader #170 credit Dick Giordano. Nick Caputo asserts Ross Andru (September 2006). Across the DC line in October- and November-dated issues, there are many solo Dick Giordano covers, and only signed-Andru covers on Action and Superman. In addition, the solo-Giordano covers show signs of Andru influence, though Giordano said in a private correspondance with the GCD that he never worked from Andru layouts or sketches. (Giordano credit restored tentatively by Jim Van Dore, July 2009.)

17 page Batman story "Color Me Deadly!"

Characters GS: Robin; V: Crazy-Quilt (origin); Batman; James Gordon; Dr. Norman Dexter; Lucius Fox; Gwen; S. T. A. R. Labs
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters Ben Oda

1 page Wonder Woman advertisement "Saves the Astronauts"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; 2 astronauts
Synopsis A space shuttle cannot be reached by radio signal, so Wonder Woman leaves them a trail of Hostess Fruit Pies to guide them back to earth.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Hostess Fruit Pies ad.

Half page Answer Man activity

Genre humor
Script Bob Rozakis
Notes DC questions

Half page Hembeck filler "Deadman"

Genre satire
Script Fred Hembeck
Pencils Fred Hembeck
Inks Fred Hembeck