Detective Comics #523 [Direct]
(February 1983)

DC, 1937 Series
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Volume
47
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-11-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Len Wein (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
C-231
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Solomon Grundy
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Inferno (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
J-8480
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Solomon Grundy (villain); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Carstairs; "Doc" Heller; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (intro, cameo, shown in shadows only); Dick Grayson [Robin]; Waldo Flynn; Magnificent Melanie
Synopsis
Batman tracks Solomon Grundy, who has been working with a gang of criminals.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Batcave / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from T. M. Maple, Gabe Irono, Wallace Lee Hopkins, J. K. Roberts, and Kent A. Phenis. Last half of second page is "DC Coming Comics" for December 1982.

Mob Rule! [Mob Rule I] (Table of Contents: 3)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Ron Randall
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
Phil Felix
Job Number
J-8520
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Exectrix (villain); Machiavelli
Reprints

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. Inferno
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Batcave
  4. 3. Mob Rule! [Mob Rule I]
    Green Arrow
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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