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Issue: Detective Comics #469
Publication Date: May 1977
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Issues: #469 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/22/1977
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046505
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing and in Comic Reader #140.
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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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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]; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius]
First Line: Gotham City is to blame for turning me into living phosphorus!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2565
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Maltese Cup Cake

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Mr. Astor; Petula Lorry; Cindy Bluestreet [The Fat Lady]
Synopsis: Wonder Woman captures three people hunting for the Maltese Cupcake, though it is unclear that any of them has committed a crime.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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...By Death's Eerie Light!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doctor Phosphorous [Alexander Sartorius] (villain, introduction, origin); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Dr. Bell
Synopsis: When Alfred collapses, Batman discovers many more people are mysteriously becoming sick. The Dark Knight realizes that the Gotham City water supply has been contaminated, so he goes to the Gotham Reservoir and finds the person responsible for the contamination, Dr. Phosphorus.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #43 published January 1977
as ...By Death's Eerie Light! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #13/1979 published January 1979
as Dødens brennende hånd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #13/1979 published December 1979
as I dödens bleka ljus... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #1 published December 1985
as ...By Death's Eerie Light! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as ...By Death's Eerie Light! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: S-2534
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Volume 77 Issue 8 - Week of February 21, 1977

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Isis
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on Isis #5, Secrets of Haunted House #6, comics on sale the week of February 28th and Mini-puzzle #4.
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The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Phosphorus
Character(s): Doctor Phosphorous [Alexander Sartorius]; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Bell
Synopsis: Dr. Phosphorus visits an old colleague and explains how he became a monster when the reactor core at a nuclear power plant in which they both invested exploded and that he now plans to take his revenge on all those he blames, particularly City Council Chairman Rupert Thorne.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #43 published January 1977
as The Origin of Doctor Phosphorus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #1/1980 published January 1980
as Doktor Fosfor - kärnkraftens fasa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1980 published January 1980
as Dr. Fosfors opprinnelse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #1 published December 1985
as The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2535
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: S-2572
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Craig Boldman, Mike Christiansen and Brian Uhlenbrock.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: average # copies per issue, previous year - 148,000

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