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Issue: Detective Comics #473
Publication Date: November 1977
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Issues: #473 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: 08/25/1977
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046511
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. On-sale date of August 24 in Comic Reader #146.
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (as shadow)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Detective Comics 473 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2714
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Malay Penguin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Silver St. Cloud; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Bell; Professor Hugo Strange (ghost)
Synopsis: Though it seems that the Penguin has designs on the statue The Malay Penguin, Batman decodes the clues the villain drops and puts a stop to his real plot.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #43 published January 1977
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #2 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
as Der Malaiische Pinguin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Pocketbook #2 published January 1978
as The Malay Penguin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #4/1980 published January 1980
as Den malayiske pingvin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #4/1980 published March 1980
as Pingvinstatyn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #14 [Direct Sales] published July 1981
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #3 published February 1986
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2 published July 1992
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2 published July 1992
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2681
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Cooky La Moo on Broadway

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor; Cooky La Moo poster; bystanders
Synopsis: Steve crosses wires on an electric Cooky La Moo poster, causing it to come alive and go berserk, but Wonder Woman and Steve calm it with her lasso and Hostess Twinkies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cooky refers to Steve as "Steve Howard."
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2722
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Ken Erdely, Rick Peterson, Peter Sanderson, Scott Gibson and Ann Nichols.
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Volume 77 Issue 34 - Week of August 22, 1977

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Secret Society of Super-Villains
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on Secret Society of Super-Villains Special, Action Comics #477, comics on sale the week of August 29th and Ask the Answer Man questions from Michael Sajkowicz, Vincent Alford and Eddie Hankins.

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