Detective Comics
#396
(February 1970)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-12-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #76 and copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-342
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's your pay-off for saving my life, Batman!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
- Reprints
-
in Batman (3ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #15 -
in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #46 -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #7 (1970) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #14/1970 (11. Juni 1970) -
in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11/1970 ([november] 1970) -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #573 (4 de marzo de 1971) - in Batman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #8 (1983)
-
in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2004) - in Batman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([august] 2005)
- in Batman Collection - Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #2 ([April] 2009)
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #5 (2011 [February 2012])
- in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2004 [June 2013])
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Brain-Pickers!
Batman / comic story / 14.17 pages
- Job Number
- S-275
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Rory Bell; Nan Owens
- Synopsis
- Rory Bell, as stock market whiz, is kidnapped for his knowledge but he manages to send a hidden message to Batman.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #46
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #7 (1970)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #14/1970 (11. Juni 1970) which is reprinted
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11/1970 ([november] 1970)
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #573 (4 de marzo de 1971)
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in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #29 (mai 1971) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] - in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #5 (2011 [February 2012])
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Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Page 8 is a 2/3-page and page 15 is a 1/2-page.
The Orchid-Crusher
Batgirl / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson; Gil Kane (page 1)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- S-283
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Jason Bard; Darren Tomkins; Max Tournov [John Milman] (computer date)
- Synopsis
- Batgirl attempts to track down the Orchid killer thru a computer dating service.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #12/1970 (13. Juni 1970)
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #19 (1971)
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1971 ([november ?] 1971)
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #5 (février 1977)
- in Showcase Presents: Batgirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
- in Batgirl: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2011 series) (2010 [February 2011])
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
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Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Original indexer credited Gil Kane with inks on pages 8-9, but Nick Caputo only sees evidence of Kane inks on page 1.
Story continues in Detective Comics #397.
The Master of Mind over Matter!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- S-340
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Elmo the Great; Derek Blake
- Synopsis
- Derek Blake discovers the secret of Elmo the Great's powers.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #26 (November 1952)
- in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #35
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #573 (4 de marzo de 1971)
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[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-344
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Gary Skinner, David Wenger, John Hitchen, Clem Robins and Bernard Williams.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Here's your pay-off for saving my life, Batman!"]
Batman -
1.
The Brain-Pickers!
Batman -
2.
The Orchid-Crusher
Batgirl -
3.
The Master of Mind over Matter!
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4.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- John Brichetto
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Dave Marchand
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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