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Issue: Detective Comics #423
Publication Date: May 1972
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Issues: #423 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: 03/30/1972
Volume: 36
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #82.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Most Dangerous Twenty Miles in Gotham City!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Why has the Batman -- who has sworn never to use a gun -- turned into an assassin?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1972 published September 1972
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1973 published July 1973
as Hvorfor er Lynvingen blitt morder ? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1189
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Most Dangerous Twenty Miles in Gotham City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Nightime in Gotham City...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1972 published September 1972
as Die gefährlichsten zwanzig Meilen in Gotham City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1973 published July 1973
as Operasjon Spion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: S-1182
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Shadow of a Doubt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Johnny Law
First Line: Only Johnny Law
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBig Town #15 published May 1952
was A Shadow of a Doubt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.67
Job Number: S-1160
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Candidate for Danger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Tab Higgins
First Line: Distraught over her continuing failure to prevent crime
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #163 published March 1973
as Candidate for Danger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batgirl #1 published September 2007
as Candidate for Danger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-1147
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues from Detective Comics #422; story continues in Detective Comics #424.
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The Big Heist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Are all crimes solved by the police?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGang Busters #26 published February 1952
was The Big Heist [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-1159
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1196
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Mike Cherkas, Bob Abrahams and Gerard Triano.

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