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Issue: Detective Comics #404
Publication Date: October 1970
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Issues: #404 of 883 Issues (1409 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: 08/27/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
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Ghost of the Killer Skies!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Enemy Ace
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 published August 2004
as Detective Comics #404 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] [1. opplag] published August 2005
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Enemy Ace #1 published April 2008
as Detective Comics #404 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #2 published April 2009
as Detective Comics #404 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-518
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Cover (only) logo changes to Detective Comics presents Batman and Batgirl through #419.
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Ghost of the Killer Skies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Heinrich Franz; Enemy Ace
Synopsis: Enemy Ace look-alike involved in crime.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #148 published December 1971
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-25 published April 1974
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #14530 [unnamed variant] published November 1977
as Ghost of the Killer Skies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Super Heroes v1 #12 published September 1981
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] published August 1988
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published December 1988
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1989
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #2 published August 1989
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 published August 2004
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] [1. opplag] published August 2005
as Dødens luftrom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Enemy Ace #1 published April 2008
as Ghost of the Killer Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #2 published April 2009
as Der Geist des tödlichen Himmels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: S-456
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Final panel notes: "A Tribute to the Great Joe Kubert and Robert Kanigher"
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Midnight Doom-Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Jason Bard; Commissioner James Gordon; Veda; Billy Warlock
First Line: A hidden camera at the "Crossroads of Gotham City"
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #4/1971 published August 1971
as Rivaler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #7 published January 1983
as Ein objektiver Beweis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batgirl #1 published September 2007
as Midnight Doom-Boy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-503
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues in Detective Comics #405.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-538
Disclose Notes: Includes letters of comment from Guy H. Lillian III, Martin Pasko, Steve Beery, Alan Brennert, Mike W. Barr and Edward Broderick.

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