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Issue: Detective Comics #476
Publication Date: March 1978
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Issues: #476 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: 12/27/1977
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046504
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #151.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Sign of the Joker

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #4 published March 1986
as Detective Comics #476 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2817
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Mera Meets the Manta Men

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mera; Aqualad; Manta Men
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Sign of the Joker!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Joker; Hugo Strange (as ghost); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Chief O'Hara; Silver St. Cloud; Rupert Thorne; Thomas Jackson
Synopsis: Hugo Strange takes his revenge on Rupert Thorne, Silver St. Cloud makes a decision about her future, and Batman puts an end to the Joker's latest scheme.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #2 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
as Das Zeichen des Joker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1980 published January 1980
as I Jokerens tegn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #7/1980 published June 1980
as I Jokerns tecken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #4 published March 1986
as Sign of the Joker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published February 1988
as The Sign of the Joker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1989
as Sign of the Joker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published November 1990
as Sign of the Joker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as Sign of the Joker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint
In Content Item: FlagThe Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #[nn] published August 2008
as Sign of the Joker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2774
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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: 1
Job Number: #S-2824
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Mark Lamport, Peter Sanderson, Steve Beery and Mike Friedrich.
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A Word About the Fight of the Century

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on the comic "Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali".

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