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Issue: Detective Comics #550
Publication Date: May 1985
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Issues: #550 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/05/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.35 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #12.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Joey Redwine
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #42 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Spider's Ninth Leg!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Joey Redwine
Synopsis: The nine critical steps in Joey Redwine's life are replayed as Batman chases the criminal across the Gotham rooftops.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #16 published December 1988
as ¡El Aguijón de la Araña! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: G-1815
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Night Olympics, Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Lomax
Synopsis: Green Arrow goes after the archer that shot Black Canary.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #42 published January 1985
as Das neunte Bein der Spinne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAcross the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore #[nn] published August 2003
as Night Olympics, Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore #[nn] published March 2006
as Night Olympics Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or for Worse #[nn] published November 2007
as Night Olympics, Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: G-1298
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: L-1932
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Charles D. Brown, Bill Wu, Andreas Soto, Jeff Mitchell, Josh Scrimahaw, Jason Marsdan, and Dennis Petilli.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Average # copies per issue, previous year - 77,275.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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