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Issue: Detective Comics #512
Publication Date: March 1982
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Issues: #512 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/24/1981
Volume: 46
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046503
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: "45th Anniversary Special!"

On-sale date from Comic Reader #197.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
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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The Fatal Prescription of Doctor Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Death [Doctor Karl Hellfern]; Togo
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-831
Disclose Notes: Photo background cover image. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Fatal Prescription of Doctor Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Dala (photo); Hamilton Hill; Doctor Death [Doctor Karl Hellfern] (villain); Togo
Synopsis: Batman must escape Doctor Death's death trap to stop Doctor Death, who is blackmailing the city to pay him one billion dollars for the antidote to his death dust which has infected much of the city's population.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: J-7890
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #345 (March 1982).
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Pirates' Gold

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit from interview on this website: http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess.
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Riders in the Night!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Doreen Gray; Bob Barton; Demon Riders (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7900
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45th Anniversary Special!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batcave
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-944
Disclose Notes: Letters with historical reminiscences submitted by Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel, Creig Flessel, and Sheldon Mayer.

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