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Issue: Detective Comics #507
Publication Date: October 1981
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Issues: #507 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1981
Volume: 45
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Dressed to Die!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Manikin [Miranda]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #15 published January 1982
as Detective Comics #507 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-683
Disclose Notes: Cowan cover penciler credit derived from The Comic Reader #192; previously credited to Rich Buckler. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Dressed to Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Manikin [Miranda] (villain); Hoston; Kevin Clane [Kelvin Cline] (flashback, death); Selina Kyle [Catwoman] (flashback); Victor; unnamed Attorney General; unnamed Arkham Asylum psychiatrist; Bud Raleigh (managing editor, Gotham Gazette); Margaret Thorndyke; Alfred Pennyworth
Synopsis: Batman must stop Manikin from killing fashion designer Hoston and uncover the motives behind her killing spree.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #15 published January 1982
as Das Modemonster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-7492
Disclose Notes: Story continues from the previous issue.

Manikin's murder victim is called Kelvin Cline here, but in the previous issue he was referred to as Kevin Clane.
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Concerts and Cupcakes

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit from interview at http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batcave
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. Letters of comment from Kevin Fischer, Alan Attar and Samuel Hendricks.
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The Pursuit of Joy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of Gotham City
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #23 [Direct Sales] published April 1982
as The Pursuit of Joy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-6775
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Diamonds Aren't Forever!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Commissioner James Gordon
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-7637

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