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Batman 237

BATMAN #237

Cover Date: December 1971
Cover Price: $0.25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams


Story: "Night of the Reaper!" (25 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsNeal Adams
InksDick Giordano
LetteringJohn Costanza
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Reaper (Dr. Gruener; first appearance; tries to kill a former SS commander and his neo-Nazi aides; dies)
Kurt Schloss (first appearance; a former Nazi Concentration Camp commandant; dies)

Other Character(s):

Gerry [Conway], Berni [Wrightson] and Alan [Weiss] (first appearance for all; friends of Dick's who come to Rutland for the parade and party)
Several Batmen (one dies), Batgirl, Man-Bat, Hawkman, Captain America, Havok, Quicksilver, Captain Marvel, Superman, Aquaman, Solomon Grundy, Robin, Thor, "Webslinger Lad" (first appearance for all; costumes worn by party goers)
Cain (or Mark Hanerfeld)
Denny O'Neil (at Tom Fagan's party)
Tom Fagan (first appearance; comic book fan and host of a large Halloween party in Rutland)

Location(s):

Rutland, VT

Comment(s):

This story takes place on October 31st.

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-52 (1977)
Best of DC #51 (August 1984)
Batman in the Seventies (1999)
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 (2006)
Showcase Presents Batman #6 (2016)
Swamp Thing Halloween Horror Giant #1 (2018)


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Second Story (reprint): [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Detective Comics #37 (March 1940)


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