Detective Comics #610 [Direct]
(January 1990)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-11-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Dan Raspler (credited as Daniel Raspler) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Norm Breyfogle (signed as Norm Breyfogle)
Inks
Norm Breyfogle (signed as Norm Breyfogle)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (statue on grave marker)
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Snow and Ice Part One: Ode to a Penguin (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Grant (credited)
Pencils
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)
Job Number
G-5173
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Rafael Santini; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Ventriloquist [Arnold Wesker; Also as Scarface]; Mortimer Kadaver; Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich]; Otto (old man); Knuckles; Tony; Bub Vince (helicopter pilot)
Synopsis
When the Penguin dies of a heart attack in the prison yard his funeral is attended by Batman, Commissioner Gordon and many of the organized crime bosses of Gotham. Kadaver is broken out of jail to revive Penguin after his burial.
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Indexer Notes

With thanks to George Cordeiro.

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

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

Script
Michael Eury (letter replies); Denny O'Neil (signed as Denny) (From the Den column)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-5173

Indexer Notes

Page 2 appears before page 1.

Includes letters from Charles D. Brown, Neil Ahlquist, J. Torres, Alvis W. Solis, Steve Cardoni, Martin Marshall, Erik Wesselak, Lacey R. Warren, Martin Simcox, Sean Twist and Paul Lofaso.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. Snow and Ice Part One: Ode to a Penguin
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
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  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Douglas Sederberg
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