Detective Comics #557 [Newsstand]
(December 1985)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-09-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893046512
Editing
Len Wein; Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #19.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #557 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Robin Fights Alone... As a Slayer Stalks the Night! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Jason Todd]; Nightslayer

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Still Beating (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Workman

Job Number
G-2204
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Nocturna (flashback); Catwoman (flashback); Robin [Jason Todd]; Martian Manhunter (cameo); Zatanna (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Nightslayer
Synopsis
Batman stays by Catwoman's side in the hospital as Nightslayer finally learns the location of Nocturna's hideout.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #390; continues in (DC, 1940 series) Batman #391.

Zen and the Art of Dying II: The Pursuit of Wisdom (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Jerome Moore
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Jeanine Casey
Letters
Bob Lappan

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Onyx
Synopsis
Green Arrow must rescue Onyx as Lars finds the key to unlock the Book of Ages.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2144

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from T. M. Maple, Karen Rasco, Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Robert T. Jeschonek, Dick and Shirley and Daniel Tobias.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Robin Fights Alone... As a Slayer Stalks the Night!
    Batman
  2. 1. Still Beating
    Batman
  3. 2. Zen and the Art of Dying II: The Pursuit of Wisdom
    Green Arrow
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
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