Detective Comics
#556
[Direct]
(November 1985)
- Price:
- 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Len Wein
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint; Glossy
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
- Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #556 [Canadian Newsstand]
- Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #556 [Newsstand]
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The Bleeding Night
Batman / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Doug Moench
- Pencils:
- Gene Colan
- Inks:
- Bob Smith
- Colors:
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters:
- John Workman
- Job Number:
- G-2162
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; GUESTS: Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; VILLAINS: Nocturna; Nightslayer
- Synopsis:
- At the request of Robin, Bullock lets Nocturna go. Nocturna gains control of the False Face Society as Nightslayer continues to murder its members. Batman learns of Nocturna's return and pays her a visit at the observatory. Red rain poors as a result of the ongoing Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #389.
Continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #390.
[no title indexed]
Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Greenberger
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- L-2119
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Rick Steel, Rachelle Varia, Hurrican Heeran, Dale Coe, Jody Hamby, Sean Twist, Mark J. Baxter, Charles D. Brown and Scott Gibson.
Zen and the Art of Dying
Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joey Cavalieri
- Pencils:
- Jerome Moore
- Inks:
- Bruce Patterson
- Colors:
- Jeanine Casey
- Letters:
- Bob Lappan
- Job Number:
- G-2163
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Green Arrow; Onyx
- Synopsis:
- Onyx finds Green Arrow and informs him of Lars' plot to take control of the monastery away from the Exalted Master.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
The Bleeding Night
Batman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Detective Comments -
3.
Zen and the Art of Dying
Green Arrow
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