Detective Comics
#408
(February 1971)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-12-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-649
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Robin!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Batman (3ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #26 -
in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #81 -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #17 (1971) -
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) #3 ([Oktober] 2009) - in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2004 [June 2013])
- in Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (DC, 2014 series) (2014 [February 2015])
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([March] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2019)
- in Tales of the Batman: Marv Wolfman (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The House That Haunted Batman!
Batman / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Len Wein (credited); Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- S-640
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Tzin-Tzin (villain); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman; League of Assassins; Fong Wu; Justice League of America [Superman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Hawkman; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]](illusion); Alfred Pennyworth (illusion); James Gordon (illusion)
- Reprints
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #17 (1971)
-
in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #5 (avril-mai-juin 1973) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]], #5 (avril-mai-juin 1973) [page 2 panel 5] - in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #477 (May-June 1978) which is reprinted
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #22 (octobre 1979)
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #124 (1980)
-
in Batman (M-Press, 1994 series) #2 (April 1994) - in Batman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
-
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #8/1980 (Juli 1980) [Ursprunglig story] - in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #8/1980 (uke 31 1980)
-
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #418 (18 Septembar 1984) -
in Batman (Titan, 1989 series) #2 - Vow from the Grave (August 1989) - 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) [2. translation]
- in Batman Collection - Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #3 ([Oktober] 2009)
- in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2004 [June 2013])
- in Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (DC, 2014 series) (2014 [February 2015])
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([March] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2019)
- in Tales of the Batman: Marv Wolfman (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
James Gordon, the Flash, Superman, Hawkman, Green Arrow, Alfred, and Green Lantern all appear in an illusion sequence.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- S-680
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from A. W. Peters, Donald D. Markstein, Joe Rusnak, Martin Pasko, Gerard Triano and Steve Beery.
Batgirl vs. the Phantom Bullfighter!
Batgirl / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- S-643
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Don Alvarado; El Granados; Paco; Manolo
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #16/1971 (7. August 1971)
- in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #55 ([August 1973] ?)
- in Showcase Presents: Batgirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues in Detective Comics #409.
Science in Crime Detection
text article / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- S-681
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #166 (September 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Information on the spectroscopes, fluoroscopes and lie detectors.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Robin!"]
Batman -
1.
The House That Haunted Batman!
Batman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line -
3.
Batgirl vs. the Phantom Bullfighter!
Batgirl -
4.
Science in Crime Detection
-
5.
1971 Batman Calendar
Batman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Dave Redmond
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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