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Issue: Detective Comics #420
Publication Date: February 1972
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Issues: #420 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/30/1971
Volume: 36
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #77.
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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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Forecast for Tonight -- Murder!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Piet van Doorn; Allan Trevor (as the Batman)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 published March 2006
as Detective Comics #420 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] published August 2006
as Forecast for Tonight -- Murder! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #4 published February 2010
as Detective Comics #420 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1085
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; original indexer credited the inks to Dick Giordano.

Alan Kupperberg revealed in an interview with Daniel Best that he pencilled the Batman head in the left border on a lark and Neal Adams inked it. The rest of the heads are stock shots pasted in later. The Kupperberg-Adams Batman head was subsequently used on other covers.

Logo design credit from Todd Klein's Logo of the Day #2268 posting to his Facebook page on 8 November 2018.
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Forecast for Tonight... Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; James Gordon; Piet van Doorn; Allan Trevor
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-992
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Target for Mañana!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Jason Bard; James Gordon; Odds Lanyon; Garcia da Vega; Carlos Da Vega
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #156 published August 1972
as Target for Manana! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batgirl #1 published September 2007
as Target for Mañana! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-1065
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues in Detective Comics #421.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-1093
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Tom Peyser, Jay L. Zilber, Tom Greeniones, Bob Rozakis, Kenneth P. Greene, Pittsburgh Sam, Peter Marzano, Bob Abrahams, Gerard Triano, Jack Stein, Scott Gibson, Allan Ferguson and Mark Lucke.
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X Marks the Mystery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Captain Compass
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #215 published January 1955
was X Marks the Mystery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-1095
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The Man Who Robbed a Thousand Minds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGang Busters #57 published April 1957
was The Man Who Robbed a Thousand Minds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-1023

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