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Issue: Detective Comics #463
Publication Date: September 1976
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Issues: #463 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: 06/29/1976
Volume: 40
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046509
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 23 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #131.
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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
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Batman vs Black Spider!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Spider [Eric Needham]; The Atom [Ray Palmer] (small image)
First Line: The Socko Slugfest of '76
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Superband #6 published January 1977
as Batman gegen Schwarzer Spider [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2369
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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3 Free Baseball Cards

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First Line: Hostess is back with new Baseball Cards...to collect and trade with your friends.
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Disclose Notes: Interior front cover advertisement for 3 free baseball cards on specially marked boxes of Hostess® Snack Cakes.
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Death-Web

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Spider [Eric Needham] (intro, villain); James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; "Doc" Sugarman (drug dealer, death); Slinky Hamilton (drug dealer, death); Hunk; Arthur Reeves (intro, City Commissioner); Lonnie (informant); Otto (Sugarman's thug); Jose (Sugarman's thug)
First Line: Thirty pounds of pure uncut heroin, Slinky, just as we arranged!
Synopsis: Batman breaks up a drug deal, but the dealers are killed by the Black Spider, a vigilante who emulates Batman except he prefers to eliminate drug dealers permanently.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Superband #6 published January 1977
as Heroin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1979 published January 1979
as Dødsnettet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #7/1979 published June 1979
as Dödsnätet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
Job Number: S-2360
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Detective Comics #464.

City Commissioner Arthur Reeves introduced here and featured in issue #464 as well, returns in issue #503 as Councilman Reeves who announces he is running for mayor of Gotham City. His dislike for Batman as evidenced in this issue will feature prominently in his run for mayor.
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Shooting a Daisy®

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First Line: The sport a boy grows up with...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Daisy™ B-B guns.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Full page advertisement for various mail order items. Includes a mail order form.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): The Rolling Stones
First Line: The Rolling Stones Black and Blue on Rolling Stones records & tapes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a special offer from Atlantic Records to acquire a previously released single from The Rolling Stones catalogue.
Includes a mail order coupon.
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What to sink your teeth into when you're hungry and you're not a werewolf.

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First Line: A little less than a meal. A little more than a snack.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Slim Jim smoked beef snacks.
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Make Money Fast!

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First Line: No risk! No investment!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisment for a career in sales.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Now! All full scale battle games processed in 48 hours....
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Horizontal advertisement for two plastic figure battlefield games: Gold Crown and Tank Trap, from Helen of Toy, Co.
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Write Right Now!

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First Line: Write advertisers direct.
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Disclose Notes: Full page of various sized direct advertisements. Includes a text only, classified ad section titled "Best By Mail". For information about advertising, write Sanford Schwartz & Co., New York, New York.
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Up-Up-and Away-a-a-y

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Feature(s): DC Limited Collector's Edition
Character(s): Superman; Flash; Superboy; Legion of Super Heroes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order advertisement for DC Limited Collector's Edition, numbers C-48 and C-49.
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DC TV Series

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): DC TV Comics
Character(s): Shazam; Isis; Gabe Kotter; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman
First Line: A new star is rising in the DC galaxy of greatness!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisements for DC television series of comic books.
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Superheroes Battle to Save Three Earths!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Volume 76 Issue 9 - Week of June 28, 1976
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Reward!!

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First Line: We'll pay you $50.00 for this 1972 penny!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a Coin Guide for collectors.
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Write Right Now!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page of ads for various products from various vendors. For information about advertising, write S. Schwarz & Co., New York, New York.
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Crimes by Calculation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Calculator [Noah Kuttler] (villain, intro); The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Richard Bagley
First Line: Rick Bagley may be an old friend, but he sure is a boring lecturer!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Flash #136 published January 1976
as Crimes by Calculation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1977 published January 1977
as Kalkulators tödliches Kalkül [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atom #[nn] published January 1982
as Crimes by Calculation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2354
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Part 1 of the Calculator serial; story continues in Detective #464.
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[untitled]

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First Line: The world famous new American physique chest developer.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for body building.
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You Loved Our Legion Issue

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Feature(s): Amazing World of DC Comics
Character(s): Superboy; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement with mail order form for issues 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12.
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You Asked for Them! We've Got 'Em!

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Character(s): Batman; Superman; Shazam; Wonder Woman
First Line: They're the spookiest, greatest, most magnificent t-shirts ever.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement with mail order form for imprinted t-shirts of DC superheroes.
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2379
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Mike Christiansen, Mike White, Kevin L. Callahan, Scott Gibbson, David Hunter, Randy Myers and Loretta Graen.
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Prizes or Cash

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First Line: You can get these and many, many other valuable prizes...
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement with Business Reply Mail form for imprinted all-occasion cards.
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Snap Tite Model Kit

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First Line: Snaps together...no gluing or painting.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover advertisement for Snap Tite Armor Kits.
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The Green Machine

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: For guys 8, 9, 10 yers old who really know how to ride.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover horizontal advertisement for The Green Machine, a direct drive pedal system from Marx Toys.

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