Batman El Hombre Murciélago

"Batman presenta: Campeones de la Justicia — Reprint of "The Crisis from Yesterday!" from Justice League of America #159"

Cover Date October 1978
Issue #930
Pages 100
Type Reprint
Cover Price 5.00 M.N. (Mexican Peso)
Featured Character Hans von Hammer

Synopsis

Integrating Hans von Hammer into Latin American newsstands through their long-running translated anthologies, this vintage publication serves as an essential international milestone for tracking down secondary appearances. Published out of Mexico City by the publishing giant Editorial Novaro, the issue adapts the material into their signature compact format, dropping traditional standalone solo branding to present the narrative under the overarching banner "Batman presenta: Campeones de la Justicia" (Batman presents: Champions of Justice). The cover features localized text and trade dress elements, preserving the dramatic cross-continuity collision of Pre-Crisis history for Spanish-speaking readers across Latin America and Spain.

Collector Notes

The publication is a 19.5 x 14 cm paperback comic notebook featuring a staple-bound format. It captures the full localized script and Dick Dillin’s dense multi-character layout, presenting the sequential panels in vintage color matrices on standard non-glossy newsprint stock. While the book carries the overarching label of the primary Batman ongoing series, it is numbered as issue #930 in Novaro's exhaustive publishing lineage, providing a highly sought-after, obscure foreign variant target for collectors tracking the global reach of the character.

Creative Team

Writer Gerry Conway
Penciler Dick Dillin
Inker Frank McLaughlin
Translator Editorial Novaro Studio Team