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Batman #343

DC · Series began 1940 · January 1982

Dates

Cover date
January 1982
On sale
September 22, 1981
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #343 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 0709893043001

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Gene Colan, Trevor Von Eedeninks: Dick Giordano, Klaus Janson, Rodin Rodriguezscript: Gerry Conway, Robin Snydercolors: Adrienne Roy, Carl Gaffordletters: John Costanza, Pierre Bernard Jr.

Stories

  • A Dagger So Deadly ... · 19 pages

    Batman faces a new villain Dagger, a blade-wielding extortionist. Meanwhile, Poison Ivy stakes her claim on the Wayne Foundation using the documents that she hypnotically induced Bruce and the other board members into signing that gives control of the company's assets to her.

  • Odyssey's End · 8 pages

    After dropping Deanna at a hospital for medical care after her ordeal with Sharkey and the Coven, Robin discovers that the hospital staff and patients have been imprisoned by criminals who are planning to hijack a shipment of drugs.

Reprinted in

Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (2017), Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan (2011), Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2020)

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