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Issue: Detective Comics #556
Publication Date: November 1985
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Issues: #556 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: 07/30/1985
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: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases (DC, 1984 series) #18 (November 1985).

An arrival date for this issue of August 2, 1985, was listed in the shipping schedule as printed in the untitled newsletter from the comic book store Comics Plus in Dearborn, Michigan, published August 2, 1985, issue #1.
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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 as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Nocturna
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Bleeding Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Nocturna (villain); Nightslayer (villain)
Synopsis: At the request of Robin, Bullock lets Nocturna go. Nocturna gains control of the False Face Society as Nightslayer continues to murder its members. Batman learns of Nocturna's return and pays her a visit at the observatory. Red rain pours as a result of the ongoing Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Superband #23 published January 1986
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: G-2162
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #389; continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #390.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2119
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Rick Steel, Rachelle Varia, Hurrican Heeran, Dale Coe, Jody Hamby, Sean Twist, Mark J. Baxter, Charles D. Brown and Scott Gibson.
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Zen and the Art of Dying

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow; Onyx
Synopsis: Onyx finds Green Arrow and informs him of Lars' plot to take control of the monastery away from the Exalted Master.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: G-2163
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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