Dates
- Cover date
- December 1981
- On sale
- August 18, 1981
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #342 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893043012
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Creators
Stories
- Requiem for a Hero · 19 pages
Batman rescues Dr. Thirteen from Man-Bat's attack in the Batcave, but Man-Bat escapes. After learning from Francine Langstrom that Kirk has changed after taking the wrong dosage of Man-Bat serum, Batman returns to the caves near Wayne Manor to try the help Kirk, who in his delirium believes that his daughter is dead and that Batman is responsible.
- Burn, Robin, Burn · 8 pages
Robin must save a young woman and himself from Sharkey's coven that wants to sacrifice both of them.
Reprinted in
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (2017), Man-Bat (1983), Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2020)