Batman #290: Skull Dugger's Killjoy Capers!
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- Series
- Batman
- Issue number
- 290
- Cover date
- 1977-08-01
- ComicVine ID
- 17642
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Issue summary
Skull Dugger's Killjoy Capers are on a murderous spree! Continuing his hunt for the murderous Cosmo "Skull" Dugger, Batman finds himself struggling from an odd mental affliction. Do to an unfortunate encounter with Dugger's Recognito machine, all of Batman's instinctive reflexes of joy instead produce overwhelming levels of pain. Turning to the nefarious Dr. Tzin-Tzin, Batman devises a plan to stop the Skull.
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Batman #290: Skull Dugger's Killjoy Capers! is a Batman issue with cover date 1977-08-01. Gotham Vault links it to Batman (Bruce Wayne).
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Batman #290: Skull Dugger's Killjoy Capers! is a Batman-related comic issue in Gotham Vault's database. It is listed under the Batman series as issue #290 with a cover date of 1977-08-01.
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