Detective Comics #440

(April-May 1974)

[Detective Comics] (Table of Contents)

Batman / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Sal Amendola ?

Inks:

Sal Amendola ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-295

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman

Indexer Notes

Contents page.

Ghost Mountain Midnight! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Archie Goodwin

Pencils:

Sal Amendola

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-285

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Alfred Pennyworth

Reprints:

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1974 (12. Oktober 1974)
• in Lynvingen (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1975 ([januar] 1975)
• in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #1/1975 (1975-01-dd) [[USA, 1974]]

Cobras of the Deep! (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

E. Nelson Bridwell (reprint editor)

Job Number:

N-825

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]

Reprints:

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

["Dear Archie: I have read every issue..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Archie Goodwin

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

L-297

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)

Hawkman / comic story / 14.66 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman; Hawkgirl

Reprints:

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

A Million-Dollar Corpse! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

William Woolfolk

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

E. Nelson Bridwell (reprint editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

Reprints:

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

Too Many Suspects! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Kanigher

Pencils:

Alex Toth

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

E. Nelson Bridwell (reprint editor)

Job Number:

N-826

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles

Reprints:

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

Inside Story of the Outsider! (Table of Contents)

Batman; Robin / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff (ghosting for Bob Kane)

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

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

Job Number:

N-822

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Final Outsider story. Alfred returns to life.
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.

Rebellion! (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Archie Goodwin

Pencils:

Walter Simonson

Inks:

Walter Simonson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Alan Kupperberg; Walter Simonson (titles and sound effects)

Job Number:

L-289

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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 Manhunter: The Special Edition (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] (1999)

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 (Oct.-Nov. 1974).