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Issue: Detective Comics #458
Publication Date: April 1976
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Issues: #458 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/29/1976
Volume: 40
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #126.
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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 Real Batman Dies Next!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lt. Bucky Dunlop (dressed as Batman); Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (head shot)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1976 published August 1976
as Der echte Batman ist der Nächste [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2248
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Minerva Menace!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Aunt Minerva
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Real Batman Dies Next!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Lt. Bucky Dunlop (dressed as Batman, death); Alfred Pennyworth; Mrs. Dunlop; Slats Johnson; Charlie Fellman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #40 published January 1976
as The Real Batman Dies Next! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1976 published August 1976
as Der echte Batman ist der Nächste [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #3/1978 published March 1978
as Maskerad mördare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-2182
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Justice for All Includes Children, 2

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Peal of the Devil-Bell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; She-Bat [Francine Langstrom]; Britt Langstrom; Dr. Thanatogenos
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2235
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues in Detective Comics #459.
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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-2254
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Bob Rodi, John Heebink, Fred Schneider, Scott Gibson and Mickey McConnell.

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