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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published Fall 1981
Frequency four times a year
Cover Price 2.50 USD
Pages 68
Editing Dick Giordano
Notes Full indicia: BATMAN VS. THE INCREDIBLE HULK, Fall, 1981 (DC SPECIAL SERIES, Vol. 5, No. 27,) published four times a year by DC COMICS INC, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019 Copyright © 1981 by DC Comics Inc. and the Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. All Rights Reserved. The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this magazine are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Batman, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, Alfred, The Joker, Killer Moth, Two-Face and the Scarecrow, and the visual depictions thereof are trademarks of DC Comics Inc. Incredible Hulk, Bruce Banner, Shaper of Worlds, Abomination, the Leader, the Rhino, General Thunderbolt Ross, "Doc" Samson, and Rick Jones, and the visual depictions thereof are trademarks of Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. Printed in the U.S.A.

Cover Details - "Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 series) #[nn]

Half page Batman text article "The Origin of Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano
Letters John Costanza
Notes On inside front cover.
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 Series) #[nn]

Half page Hulk text article "The Origin of the Incredible Hulk"

Characters Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Genre Superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano
Letters John Costanza
Notes On inside front cover.
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 Series) #[nn]

1 page Batman & The Incredible Hulk credits "The Monster and the Madman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker; Shaper of Worlds
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Notes "The Monster and the Madman" is the title of complete issue story. It's divided in 5 chapters, a prologue and an epilogue.
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 Series) #[nn]

4 page The Joker story "Prologue"

Characters The Joker (villain); Harvey Maxwell (civilian); Bobbie (civilian); Joker's gangband: [Kennie (Death); Orville; Elmo]
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 Series) #[nn]

15 page Batman & The Incredible Hulk story "When Wakes the Behemoth"

Characters Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker's gangband
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Notes Chapter One
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 Series) #[nn]

5 page Batman & The Incredible Hulk story "When Dreams Won't Come!"

Characters The Joker; Shaper of Worlds; Joker's gangband [Orville; Elmo]
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Notes Chapter Two
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 series) #[nn]

13 page Batman & The Incredible Hulk story "When the Sea Churns Green"

Characters Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Jackson (scientist); Alfred Pennyworth; Stogie (crook); Sydney (crook); Arnie (civilian); Colonel Orville Baker (impostor); Commissioner James Gordon; General "Thunderbolt" Ross; Doc Samson
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Notes Chapter Three
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 series) #[nn]

13 page Batman & The Incredible Hulk story "When the Shaper Commands"

Characters The Joker; Colonel Orville Baker (impostor); Shaper of Worlds; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Morty (crook)
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Notes Chapter Four
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 series) #[nn]

12 page Batman & The Incredible Hulk story "When Madness Reigns...!"

Characters Shaper of Worlds; The Joker; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Leader [Samuel Sterns] (Apparition); Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (Apparition); Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich] (Apparition); Two-Face (Apparition); Scarecrow [Johnathon Crane] (Apparition); Killer Moth (Apparition)
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Notes Chapter Five
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 series) #[nn]

1 page Batman & The Incredible Hulk story "Epilogue"

Characters The Joker; Commissioner James Gordon; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bruce Banner
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Notes In this story Bruce Banner don't transform into the Hulk.
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]; in Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC / Marvel, 1995 series) #[nn]