Batman 1940 #197 - Incomplete - $8.00
Missing centerfold. Center page loose.
Catwoman decides to reform and become a crime fighter like Batman in order to get him to somehow propose to her. When he doesn't, she gives him an ultimatum: to marry her or she returns to crime!
Using melted candle wax to help hold model parts together while the glue dries.
On sale date from Direct Currents and copyright registration.
- Catwoman Sets Her Claws for Batman! - Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
- Catwoman Sets Her Claws for Batman! - Credits for script, inks and letters confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Springer. Letters previously credited to Gaspar Saladino. Story across 23 pages, but pages 12 and 23 are 1/2 pages.
- - Letters of comment from W. M. Neville, Ed Lahmann, Moira Maynard, Robert Kowalski and Peter Sanderson.
- - Letters of comment from Daniel J. Alderson, Edwin O. Bachman, Robert Pinaha; "Old King" Cole Bleckley, Dennis Palumbo, Mike Jones and Karen Cocklurn.
- - Thanks to John Ritter, Monroeville, PA.
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