Batman #220: This Murder Has Been... Pre-Recorded
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- Series
- Batman
- Issue number
- 220
- Cover date
- 1970-03-01
- ComicVine ID
- 10690
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Issue summary
A thunderous finale to the almost-charmed life of the Caped Crime-Fighter of Gotham City! A confession by his own murderer…and his own gallant life…snuffed out in one brief, tragic instant! Not a shred of evidence left…only grim fragments to inform the shocked populace that their great defender is…dead! Who will avenge him? Who can? Find out in “This Murder Has Been...Pre-recorded!” When investigative reporter Marla Manning asks Bruce Wayne to look into the details of an interview of a dead man, the Batman soon intercedes! But can even the Masked Manhunter survive a close-range explosion?
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Batman #220: This Murder Has Been... Pre-Recorded is a Batman issue with cover date 1970-03-01. Gotham Vault links it to Batman, Marla Manning, Tom Sloane.
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What comic is Batman #220: This Murder Has Been... Pre-Recorded?
Batman #220: This Murder Has Been... Pre-Recorded is a Batman-related comic issue in Gotham Vault's database. It is listed under the Batman series as issue #220 with a cover date of 1970-03-01.
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