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BATMAN #309
Volume 1 · 1940-2011
- Published
- March 1979
- Cover price
- $0.40 USD
- Edition
- —
- Era
- Bronze
- UPC
- BARGAIN BIN NERD Contact
- Key issue
- No
Creators
- Writer
- Len Wein
- Penciler
- Frank McLaughlin, John Calnan
- Inker
- Frank McLaughlin
- Letterer
- Ben Oda
- Cover artist
- Jim Aparo
- Editor
- Julius Schwartz
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Synopsis
Have Yourself A Deadly Little Christmas
Kathy Crawford, a depressed, out-of-work woman in Gotham City, is robbed of her purse by a street gang on Christmas Eve. The gang is soon totally clobbered by Blockbuster, who grabs the purse and lumbers off to find Kathy. Kathy herself, in a fit of suicidal depression, overdoses on sleeping pills and calls the police to say goodbye. Batman, delivering a gift to Commissioner Gordon, learns of the suicide attempt by listening in on a desk sergeant's conversation with Kathy. He fails to talk her out of her rash action and she terminates the call. But a tracer has been put on the call, and Batman heads out in search of Kathy Crawford.
Blockbuster bursts into Kathy's shabby apartment with her purse just as she collapses. Unsure of what to do, he carries her out into the snowy night. Batman arrives minutes later, trails the Blockbuster's huge footprints in the snow, and confronts him, mistaking his intentions towards Kathy.