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Issue: Detective Comics #425
Publication Date: July 1972
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Issues: #425 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: 05/30/1972
Volume: 36
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #84.
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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 Stage Is Set for Murder!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
First Line: Death lurks in the wings, as Batman plays the starring role in... The Stage Is Set for Murder!
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1973 published October 1973
as Teatermordet [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1218
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The New Three-Wheel RRRumblers Are Here!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: And they're tearing up Hot Wheels tracks all over America.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover contains an ad for racing motorcycle toys.
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The Stage Is Set... for Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Del Sartre; Claire Foster; Barry Johnstone; Ezra Jimson; Tod Dunn
First Line: A summer night in Gotham Park.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #5/1973 published January 1973
as ... etwas Böses naht sich hier [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1973 published October 1973
as Teatermordet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #30 [Direct] published November 1982
as The Stage Is Set... for Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: S-1232
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
First Line: If you think it just looks real, wait till you shoot it!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Daisy "1894" air-gun, with coupon for trap-target kit.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Weider; Larry Scott [Mr. Olympia]; Dave Draper [Mr. America]; Reg Lewis [Mr. Universe]
First Line: What do these champions have in common... with you?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for body building course.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for toys and novelties, in classified format. Includes Sea-Monkeys.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1253
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Dan Recchia, Clem Robins, and Lori Mead.
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Open-and-Shut Case!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Jason Bard; Matthew Clay; Mordecai Zond
First Line: Gotham City -- tough, sprawling proving-ground of the "greats" on crime-fighting... The Batman -- Batgirl... now makes way for a new breed of fighter against the evil forces polluting the city's bloodstream!
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1973 published May 1973
as En opplagt sak [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: S-1237
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

First entry in the series "[The] Master Crime-File of Jason Bard" appearing in odd-numbered issues of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 Series) 425 (July 1972) thru 435 (March 1973).
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Roger's Super Skittle Bowl

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Roger Staubach; two unnamed kids
First Line: Look that's Roger Staubach, the famous football star
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement done in comic format for the Olympic Size Skittle Bowl, promoted by football's Dallas Cowboy's quarterback, Roger Staubach, by Aurora Productions Corporation from West Hempstead, New York.
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Write Right Now!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Assorted small advertisements.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Wanted -- The World's Most Dangerous Villians!!
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Pages: 0.5
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All DC Magazines Now Only 20¢!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Rather than explain our new price policy personally, I've asked all our editors to tell you in their own way why there is a price reduction for this magazine.
Synopsis: Editorial on the price of DC Comics.
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Pages: 0.5
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Task Force / Cannon Ball

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Mac
First Line: Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover comics ad for Charles Atlas' "Dynamic-Tension" book.
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Dig These!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Four new Snap Tite drag construction models you build without glue, without paint and without help.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The back cover contains an advertisement for Snap Tite model shovel, bulldozer, mover, and skipshovel.

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