Detective Comics #440

(April-May 1974)

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Sal Amendola ?

Inks

Sal Amendola ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

L-295

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Ghost Mountain Midnight! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

Sal Amendola

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

Job Number

L-285

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1974 (12. Oktober 1974)
which is reprinted
• in Batman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1974 series) #11 (1980)
• in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #58 (1975)
• in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1975 ([januar] 1975)
• in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #1/1975 ([9 januari] 1975)
• in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #3 (3ème trimestre 1976)
• in Batman Annual (Egmont UK, 1979 series) #1982 (1982)
• in Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin (DC, 2013 series) ([September] 2013)

Cobras of the Deep! (Table of Contents: 3)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Editing

E. Nelson Bridwell (reprint editor)

Job Number

N-825

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #79 (October 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

Murphy Anderson ? (logo illustration)

Inks

Murphy Anderson ? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-297

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Archie: I have read every issue...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from T. E. Pouncey, Brian Patton, Steve Beery, Eric Promislow and Christopher Melchert.

The Fear That Haunted Hawkman (Table of Contents: 5)

Hawkman / comic story / 14.34 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Murphy Anderson (signed)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (reprint editor)

Job Number

N-823

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]

Reprints

• from Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #3 (August-September 1964)

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 6.67 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Between pages 12 and 13 of Hawkman story.

average # copies per issue, previous year - 153,942

A Million-Dollar Corpse! (Table of Contents: 7)

Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Jack Spranger

Inks

Jack Spranger

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

E. Nelson Bridwell (reprint editor)

Job Number

N-824

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; The Undertaker (villain)

Reprints

• from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #123 (June 1948)

Too Many Suspects! (Table of Contents: 8)

Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Alex Toth

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

E. Nelson Bridwell (reprint editor)

Job Number

N-826

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Del Lupin (ex-convict)

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #37 (March-April 1949)

Inside Story of the Outsider! (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane) (ghost)

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (reprint editor)

Job Number

N-822

Genre

superhero

Characters

Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Grasshopper Gang; Aunt Harriet

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #356 (October 1966)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 7 pages.

Final Outsider story. Alfred returns to life.

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder

Chapter 4: Rebellion! (Table of Contents: 10)

Manhunter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

Walter Simonson

Inks

Walter Simonson

Colors

Walter Simonson

Letters

Alan Kupperberg; Walter Simonson (titles and sound effects)

Job Number

L-289

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Christine St. Clair; Damon Nostrand; Asano Nitobe; Kolu Mbeya

Synopsis

Origin of the Manhunters (but, not the ones created by the Guardians of the Universe).

Reprints

• in Gigant (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #2/1975 (1975)
• in Manhunter (DC, 1984 series) #1 ([May] 1984)
• in Batman (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #4 (Outubro 1984)
• in Manhunter: The Special Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([September] 1999)
• in Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin (DC, 2013 series) ([September] 2013)
• in Manhunter by Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])

Indexer Notes

Alan Kupperberg is the credited letterer of this story in Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), where this story is reprinted. The Simonson lettering credit is per Archie Goodwin on page 97 of Detective Comics #443 (October-November 1974).