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Issue: Detective Comics #398
Publication Date: April 1970
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Issues: #398 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/24/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of February 26 in ad in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #7.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Poison Pen Puzzle

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #1/1971 published January 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 published August 2004
as Detective Comics #398 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] [1. opplag] published August 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #3 published October 2009
as Detective Comics #398 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-385
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Pencils previously credited to Irv Novick.
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The Poison-Pen Puzzle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Maxine Melanie; Loren Melburn; Dorian Spence; Rod Drake
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #1/1971 published January 1971
as Vergiftete Federn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #1/1971 published January 1971
as Vergiftete Federn 2.Teil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1972 published January 1972
as Den forgiftede pennen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.17
Job Number: S-257
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story in two parts: unnumbered part 1 (7.67 pages) and Part 2 (6.5 pages).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Fingerprint Facts
First Line: The U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is asked...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-397
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Steve Grabinsky, Edward Broderick, Stephen Weisenbach, Mike Barr, David Merric, Mike Klepner, Howard Leroy Davis and Bernard Williams.
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Moon-Struck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Herb Stroud; Trudi; Professor Zukov
Synopsis: While attending a science lecture as Dick Grayson, Robin sees a lunar rock turn another student green. Is it strange radiation from the moon, or a prank?
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1971 published January 1971
as Angrep fra månen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as Moon-Struck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-338
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues in Detective Comics #399.

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