Detective Comics #607 [Direct]
([Late October] 1989)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-09-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (assistant)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Mud Pack, Part 4 of 4 (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Norm Breyfogle (signed)
Inks
Norm Breyfogle (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]
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The Mud Pack, Part Four: The China Clay Syndrome (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Grant
Pencils
Norm Breyfogle
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
G-4888
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain); Clayface [Preston Payne] (villain); Clayface [Sondra Fuller] (villain); Clayface [Matt Hagen] (remains); Looker [Emily Briggs]; Calendar Man [Julian Day] (nightmare image); Dr. Phosphorous [Dr. Alexander Sartorius] (nightmare image); Cluemaster [Arthur Brown] (nightmare image); Killer Moth [Cameron van Cleer] (nightmare image); Catman [Thomas Blake] (nightmare image); Scarface (nightmare image); Ventriloquist [Arnold Wesker] (nightmare image); Doctor Lowell (death)
Synopsis
Looker rescues Batman, while Karlo forces Doctor Lowell to combine the blood samples that he stole from Payne and Fuller and uses the mixture on himself to become the ultimate Clayface. Meanwhile, Payne and Fuller escape and find that they have feelings for each other.
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Indexer Notes

By injecting himself with a mixture of blood from Payne and Fuller, Basil Karlo gains the shape-changing powers of Clayface 4 with the burning touch of Clayface 3.

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

Batman / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Norm Breyfogle (painted, signed)
Inks
Norm Breyfogle (painted, signed)
Colors
Norm Breyfogle (painted, signed)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth
Keywords
Batcave; Batmobile

Indexer Notes

poster

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

Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Kevin Dooley; Denny O'Neil
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3832

Indexer Notes

Letters from Leif Vanderwall, Charles D. Brown, Kevin P. Lenahan, Erick M. Mahr and Jeff Klemens. Also 1/2 page From the Den by Denny O'Neil.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mud Pack, Part 4 of 4
    Batman
  2. 1. The Mud Pack, Part Four: The China Clay Syndrome
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
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