Detective Comics #457

(March 1976)

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley! (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil

Pencils:

Dick Giordano

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

I(?): Leslie Thompkins; Batman (one-page origin); Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne, Joe Chill (flashback)

Synopsis:

origin recap, fills in some more info on Crime Alley, the site of Bruce Wayne's parent's death.

Reprinted:

• in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #nn [1]
• in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]
• in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #nn
• in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #1/1992

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Cup-Cake Caper (Table of Contents)

Shazam! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

Hostess Cup Cakes ad

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Justice For All Includes Children / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Neal Adams

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

John Workman

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

first of the series, not numbered

Make Way for the Elongated Woman! (Table of Contents)

Elongated Man / story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

story continued from Detective Comics #456. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.