Detective Comics #561 [Direct]
(April 1986)

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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-01-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (layouts); Gene Colan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Anthony Tollin

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]
Reprints
Keywords
Bat-signal

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Flying Hi (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bob Smith; Ricardo Villagrán
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-2378
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Rena; Shane Rivers
Synopsis
Jason meets a new girl at school. A group of his classmates try to pressure Jason into trying drugs.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Detective Comments / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2257

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Scott Wesely, Jeff Mitchell, Christopher Romano, John Henry Sain, Dale Coe, Bill Schelly and Stan Johnson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Average # copies per issue, previous year - 66,739.

In the Grip of Steelclaw! (Table of Contents: 5)

Green Arrow and Black Canary / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Jerome Moore
Inks
Dell Barras
Colors
Jeanine Casey
Letters
Agustin Más

Job Number
G-2295
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Steelclaw [Thomas Bolt] (villain); Champion
Synopsis
Green Arrow confronts new hero-for-hire, Champion. Black Canary meets the new villain, Steelclaw.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. Flying Hi
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. In the Grip of Steelclaw!
    Green Arrow and Black Canary
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Marc Turnage
  • Jim Van Dore