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Issue: Detective Comics #440
Publication Date: April 1974
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Issues: #440 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [block]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/29/1974
Volume: 38
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #103.
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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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Disclose Reprinted From5
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Ghost Mountain Midnight!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head shot); Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (head shot); Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (head shot); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (head shot)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1974 published October 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #1/1975 published January 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1975 published January 1975
as Marerittet [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-286
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-295
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Ghost Mountain Midnight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1974 published October 1974
as Geisterberg um Mitternacht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #1/1975 published January 1975
as Mardrömmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1975 published January 1975
as Marerittet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: L-285
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Cobras of the Deep!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #79 published October 1942
was Manhunter Battles the Cobras of the Deep [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: N-825
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Archie: I have read every issue...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-297
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from T. E. Pouncey, Brian Patton, Steve Beery, Eric Promislow and Christopher Melchert.
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The Fear That Haunted Hawkman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHawkman #3 published August 1964
was The Fear That Haunted Hawkman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.34
Job Number: N-823
Disclose Notes: Story in two parts of 7.67 and 6.67 pages.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Between pages 12 and 13 of Hawkman story.

average # copies per issue, previous year - 153,942
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A Million-Dollar Corpse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; The Undertaker (villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFeature Comics #123 published June 1948
was A Million Dollar Corpse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: N-824
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Too Many Suspects!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Del Lupin (ex-convict)
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #37 published March 1949
was Too Many Suspects! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-826
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Inside Story of the Outsider!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Grasshopper Gang; Aunt Harriet
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #356 published October 1966
was Inside Story of the Outsider! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.67
Job Number: N-822
Disclose Notes: Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 7 pages.

Final Outsider story. Alfred returns to life.

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
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Chapter 4: Rebellion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Christine St. Clair; Damon Nostrand; Asano Nitobe; Kolu Mbeya
Synopsis: Origin of the Manhunters (but, not the ones created by the Guardians of the Universe).
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In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1975 published January 1975
as Kapitel 4 Rebellen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagManhunter #1 published May 1984
as Rebellion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagManhunter: The Special Edition #[nn] published September 1999
as Chapter 4: Rebellion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: L-289
Disclose Notes: Alan Kupperberg is the credited letterer of this story in Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), where this story is reprinted. The Simonson lettering credit is per Archie Goodwin on page 97 of Detective Comics #443 (October-November 1974).

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