Detective Comics
#511
[Direct]
(February 1982)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 46
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-11-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The "I" of the Beholder
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-820
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mirage
- Reprints
-
in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #17 (1982) -
in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #46 (avril 1983) -
in Batman (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #3 (1984) -
in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The 'I' of the Beholder
Batman / comic story / 27 pages
- Job Number
- J-7718
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mirage (villain, introduction); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Commissioner James Gordon; Olivia Ortega; Hamilton Hill; Arthur Reeves; Dave Burnside; Harry Blake; Morton Deal; Dala; Lucius Fox; Peter Pauling; Boss Rupert Thorne
- Synopsis
- Batman and Robin face a new villain Mirage, who has the power to make people see realistic illusions as distractions to cover his crimes. Meanwhile, Hamilton Hill has won the mayoral election after Reeves botched attempt to reveal Batman's identity. Reeves learns he was manipulated by Boss Thorne who wanted Hill to win the election. Also, Bruce reunites with Vicki, Dick meets a mysterious woman, and Bruce decides he can't continue as both Batman and CEO of Wayne Enterprises, so he steps down as CEO and names Lucius as his replacement.
- Reprints
- in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #17 (1982)
-
in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #18/1982 (uke 36 1982) [10 pages removed] - in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #46 (avril 1983)
- in Batman (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #3 (1984)
-
in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #18 (Outubro 1986) [páginas 1-3, 14 (quadrinhos 4-6) e 15 da história original] - in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continued from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #344.
[no title indexed]
The Batcave / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Robin Snyder
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-956
Indexer Notes
Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. Letters of comment from Tim Wahowske, Jake Danner, Scott Gibson, Jeffrey Lowndes, and Dusty Leary.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The "I" of the Beholder
Batman -
1.
The 'I' of the Beholder
Batman -
2.
Marathon Madman
The Flash; Hostess Cup Cakes -
3.
[no title indexed]
The Batcave
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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