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Issue: Detective Comics #470
Publication Date: June 1977
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Issues: #470 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: 03/29/1977
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046506
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing and Comic Reader #141.
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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 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius]
First Line: Batman -- you fool! I'm radioactive!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2587
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Half the People Here ...

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Master Plan of Dr. Phosphorus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Silver St. Cloud (introduction); Doctor Phosphorous [Alexander Sartorius]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Chief O'Hara; Rupert Thorne; Smiley Royal; Dr. Bell
Synopsis: Batman confronts Dr. Phosphorus at the new Gotham City offshore nuclear power plant.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #43 published January 1977
as The Master Plan of Doctor Phosphorus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #1/1980 published January 1980
as Doktor Fosfors fruktansvärda plan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1980 published January 1980
as Dr. Fosfors store plan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #1 published December 1985
as The Master Plan of Dr. Phosphorus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as The Master Plan of Dr. Phosphorus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2600
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): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2595
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Bob Rodi, Mike Kinyon, Kent Farris and Paul Ortega.

The letter column reveals that Ivy Town is Boston and that Midway is Chicago.
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In Tribute to the Publication of a Rare Masterpiece...

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Message from the publisher.
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#9 Jack C. Harris

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Pages: 0.33

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