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Issue: Detective Comics #438
Publication Date: December 1973
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Issues: #438 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [block]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/27/1973
Volume: 37
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #100.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In8
Disclose Reprinted From4
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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A Monster Walks Wayne Manor

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ubu; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (head shot); The Atom [Ray Palmer] (head shot); Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (head shot); Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head shot)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #12/1974 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #11/1974 published November 1974
as Slipper Lynvingen fra monsteret? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-248
Disclose Notes: Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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A Monster Walks Wayne Manor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Ubu (death)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #12/1974 published January 1974
as Frukta för monstrets hämnd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1974 published April 1974
as Ein Ungeheuer im Landhaus Wayne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #11/1974 published November 1974
as Monsteret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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World of the Magic Atom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Zatanna; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (flashback); Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall] (flashback)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Atom #19 published June 1965
was World of the Magic Atom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23.83
Job Number: N-754
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 11.67, 5.67, and 6.5 pages in length.

This is the first chapter of Zatanna's search for her father, which is reprinted in various DC Super Spectaculars in this period. Reprint info correction from Robert Gee.
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The Men Who Moved the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #44 published October 1962
was The Men Who Moved the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Job Number: N-755
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Gotham Gang Line-Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Aunt Harriet; Paul Pardee (villain); Hippo (villain); Duke (villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #328 published June 1964
was Gotham Gang Line-Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.34
Job Number: N-753
Disclose Notes: Story in two parts of 6.67 and 7.67 pages.

Death of Alfred, which leads into the Outsider serial.

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
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1972 Shazam Awards

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The House That Fought Green Lantern!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #28 published April 1964
was The House That Fought Green Lantern! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: N-756
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Chapter Two: The Manhunter File

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Christine St. Clair; Damon Nostrand; Raoul Salazano
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagManhunter #1 published May 1984
as The Manhunter File [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagManhunter: The Special Edition #[nn] published September 1999
as The Manhunter File [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #119 published ?
as A Death Trap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: L-244
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 6. Story ends in Detective Comics #443.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: What you're holding...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-255
Disclose Notes: Includes an editorial explaining the switch to the 100 page format. Letters of comment from Mike Shoemaker, Greg Thornhill, David Mollett and Bob Rozakis.

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