Detective Comics
#469
(May 1977)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 41
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly (with the exception of July, Oct., Jan. and April)
- On-sale Date
- 1977-02-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893046505
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing and in Comic Reader #140.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- S-2565
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gotham City is to blame for turning me into living phosphorus!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius]
- Reprints
-
in Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (DC, 2012 series) #3 ([November] 2017) - in Tales of the Batman: Steve Englehart (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Maltese Cup Cake
Hostess Cup Cakes; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman; Mr. Astor; Petula Lorry; Cindy Bluestreet [The Fat Lady]
- Synopsis
- Wonder Woman captures three people hunting for the Maltese Cupcake, though it is unclear that any of them has committed a crime.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
...By Death's Eerie Light!
Batman / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- S-2534
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Phosphorous [Alexander Sartorius] (villain, introduction, origin); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Dr. Bell
- Synopsis
- When Alfred collapses, Batman discovers many more people are mysteriously becoming sick. The Dark Knight realizes that the Gotham City water supply has been contaminated, so he goes to the Gotham Reservoir and finds the person responsible for the contamination, Dr. Phosphorus.
- Reprints
-
in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #43 ([Circa 1977-1978]) -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #116 (1979) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #13/1979 (December 1979) -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #13/1979 (uke 51 1979) -
in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #6 (Outubro 1985) - in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985) [recolored] which is reprinted
- in Tales of the Batman: Steve Englehart (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
- in Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series) (1999 [January 2000]) [as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint]
-
in Batman - Dark Detective (Urban Comics, 2014 series) (octobre 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Volume 77 Issue 8 - Week of February 21, 1977
Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page
- Characters
- Isis
Indexer Notes
Information on Isis #5, Secrets of Haunted House #6, comics on sale the week of February 28th and Mini-puzzle #4.
The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus
Doctor Phosphorus / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Steve Englehart
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- John Workman (partial letters on pages 1 and 6)
- Job Number
- S-2535
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Phosphorous [Alexander Sartorius]; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Bell
- Synopsis
- Dr. Phosphorus visits an old colleague and explains how he became a monster when the reactor core at a nuclear power plant in which they both invested exploded and that he now plans to take his revenge on all those he blames, particularly City Council Chairman Rupert Thorne.
- Reprints
- in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #43 ([Circa 1977-1978])
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #117 (1980)
- in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #1/1980 (Januari? 1980)
- in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #1/1980 (uke 2 1980)
- in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985) [recolored] which is reprinted
- in Tales of the Batman: Steve Englehart (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
- in Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series) (1999 [January 2000])
- in Batman - Dark Detective (Urban Comics, 2014 series) (octobre 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 0.75 page
- Job Number
- S-2572
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Craig Boldman, Mike Christiansen and Brian Uhlenbrock.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
average # copies per issue, previous year - 148,000
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Gotham City is to blame for turning me into living phosphorus!"]
Batman -
1.
The Maltese Cup Cake
Hostess Cup Cakes; Wonder Woman -
2.
...By Death's Eerie Light!
Batman -
3.
Volume 77 Issue 8 - Week of February 21, 1977
Daily Planet -
4.
The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus
Doctor Phosphorus -
5.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line -
6.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- R. S. Martin
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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