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Issue: Detective Comics #557
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Title:
Is Variant Variant: Canadian
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/26/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046512
Price: $0.95 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #19.
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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
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Robin Fights Alone... As a Slayer Stalks the Night!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Robin [Jason Todd]; Nightslayer
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Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
Still Beating

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Nocturna (flashback); Catwoman (flashback); Robin [Jason Todd]; Martian Manhunter (cameo); Zatanna (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Nightslayer
Batman stays by Catwoman's side in the hospital as Nightslayer finally learns the location of Nocturna's hideout.
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Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #390; continues in (DC, 1940 series) Batman #391.
Zen and the Art of Dying II: The Pursuit of Wisdom

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Arrow; Onyx
Green Arrow must rescue Onyx as Lars finds the key to unlock the Book of Ages.
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Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

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typeset
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Letters of comment from T. M. Maple, Karen Rasco, Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Robert T. Jeschonek, Dick and Shirley and Daniel Tobias.

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