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Issue: Detective Comics #442
Publication Date: August 1974
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Issues: #442 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/30/1974
Volume: 38
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #106.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Death Flies the Haunted Sky!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Eve Dancer; Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head shot); Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (head shot); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (head shot); The Guardian [Jim Harper] (head shot)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Detective Comics / Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
First Line: The Batman in "Death Flies the Haunted Sky!" -- page 4
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-332
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Death Flies the Haunted Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Eve Dancer; Mason Terrell; Doug Garth; Rick Halstrom; Ben Dancer; Benjy Dancer
First Line: Earlier, a flash storm had shattered this Spring evening in Gotham!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] published August 1988
as Death Flies the Haunted Skies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published December 1988
as Death Flies the Haunted Skies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1989
as Death Flies the Haunted Skies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Seventies #[nn] published February 1999
as Death Flies the Haunted Sky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: L-325
Disclose Notes: With due homage to Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, and Neal Adams.
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The House Where Time Stood Still

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Hector Presby; Julius Presby; August (villain, Nazi spy); Karl (villain, Nazi spy)
First Line: The old house huddles in its weed-grown yard... an enigma from the past...
Synopsis: Citizens are very concerned that the Presby brothers haven't been seen in over 25 years, so the boys and the Guardian investigate, only to learn that they locked themselves in their home to avoid contact with World War 1 and now World War 2. However, that plays right into the hands of a couple of Nazi spies who intend to use their home as a secret Nazi radio station to contact submarines.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStar Spangled Comics #21 published June 1943
was The House Where Time Stood Still [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored, renewed
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-464 ?
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The Magic Mirror Mystery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Commissioner George Emmett; Robert Sorel; "Scoops" Handley; Harry Winsor; Pete
First Line: Do you like "locked room mysteries"-- in which a crime takes place that is "impossible"?
Synopsis: Hawkman tricks a thief into confessing to an "impossible" robbery.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHawkman #10 published October 1965
was The Magic Mirror Mystery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10.67
Job Number: N-465
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The Huntress of the Highway!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Larry Lance (introduction, boyfriend, private detective)
First Line: The highway was haunted! How else could one explain the trucks that traveled on it... to nowhere!
Synopsis: Black Canary must help Larry in his quest to discover why trucks keep disappearing on the Franklin Turnpike.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Comics #92 published February 1948
was The Huntress of the Highway! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: N-967
Disclose Notes: 1st solo appearance of the Black Canary.
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The Robbery That Never Happened!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Richard Bell
First Line: It was a hundred-dollar bill!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #333 published November 1964
was The Robbery That Never Happened! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Job Number: N-462
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Vanishing Village!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Knuckles Donegan]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Knuckles Donegan (villain, introduction); Weasel (villain, introduction); Slick (villain, introduction)
First Line: Crooks disappear! Well, that's nothing new!
Synopsis: Batman and Robin are surprised to learn that an abandoned village in Florida, patterned after a Turkish village named Alhambra, has vanished, which is also the home of many a master criminal who has also disappeared.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #31 published October 1945
was Vanishing Village! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored, renewed
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: N-966
Disclose Notes: Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman
First Line: Thanks to some scheduling changes, we're down to one page for letters this issue.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-330
Disclose Notes: Letter of comment from Antone Perry.
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Murder in Baranga Marsh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Serge Roltavich; The Master (villain, introduction, death); Nasha (villain)
First Line: Hidden in the marshes south of the Baranga River stands an old stone house.
Synopsis: A mad man invents a sound system that kills people at a distance and Dr. Fate sets out to halt the senseless murders that have already occurred.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore Fun Comics #68 published June 1941
was Murder in Baranga Marsh [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored, renewed
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: N-963
Disclose Notes: Oddity: in the first few panels, Kent Nelson wears the golden cape of Dr. Fate.
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Chapter 6: To Duel the Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Christine St. Clair; The Council [Dr. Anatol Mykros; Asano Nitobe; Christine's father]
First Line: Japan! Around the hot springs of the Matsue area, many resorts have grown since World War II.
Synopsis: Tracking Dr. Mykros back to Sanctuary, Manhunter must battle his teacher, Asano Nitobe.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagManhunter #1 published May 1984
as To Duel the Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #6 published December 1984
as Duelo de Mestres [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagManhunter: The Special Edition #[nn] published September 1999
as To Duel the Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: L-326
Disclose Notes: Alan Kupperberg is the credited letterer of this story in Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), where this story is reprinted. The Simonson lettering credit is per Archie Goodwin on page 97 of Detective Comics #443 (October-November 1974).

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