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Issue: Detective Comics #459
Publication Date: May 1976
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Issues: #459 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: 02/26/1976
Volume: 40
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046505
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 #127.
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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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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Elliot Quinn; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (head shot)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2264
Disclose Notes: Color 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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A Clue before Dying!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Walter Gaunt; Elliot Quinn; Lyle Keane; Emma Rundle; Lieutenant Dannay
Synopsis: While attending a party thrown by Elliot Quinn, Batman must uncover who murdered the host.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #3 published January 1976
as Ein Toter sagt aus ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #8/1978 published January 1978
as Før døden inntraff [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #9/1978 published August 1978
as En ledtråd till döden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-2204
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Scream of the Gargoyle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Dr. Thanatogenos; Maurice LeBlanc; Helene LeBlanc
Synopsis: Man-Bat battles a demon.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2236
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues from Detective Comics #458.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Job Number: S-2272
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Michael D. Dargay, Joe Peluso, Paul Birnbaum; Tom Ward, Dan Raskio and Steve Landis.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Average copies preceding 12 months: 353,000.
Actual copies issue nearest filing date: 386,697.

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