Detective Comics
#856
[Direct Sales]
(October 2009)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 2009-08-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 761941200194 85611
- Editing
- Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright © 2009 DC Comics.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Batman: Reborn
Batwoman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- J. H. Williams III (signed); Cully Hamner (inset)
- Inks
- J. H. Williams III (signed); Cully Hamner (inset)
- Colors
- J. H. Williams III (signed); Laura Martin (inset)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Colonel Jake Kane; Question [Renee Montoya] (inset)
- Reprints
-
in 100% DC (Panini Deutschland, 2005 series) #26 - Batwoman - Das Klagelied der Fledermaus ([Mai] 2010) -
in Batwoman: Elegy The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2010 series) ([August] 2010) - in Batwoman: Elegy (DC, 2010 series) (2010 [August 2011])
- in Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J. H. Williams III (DC, 2017 series) ([August] 2017)
- in Batwoman: Elegy (DC, 2019 series) ([November] 2019)
-
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Elegy, Part 3: Affettuoso
Batwoman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Greg Rucka
- Pencils
- J. H. Williams III
- Inks
- J. H. Williams III
- Colors
- Dave Stewart
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Colonel Jake Kane; Catherine Kane; Bette Kane [Flamebird]; Commissioner James Gordon; Maggie Sawyer; Abbott (villain); Hayes (villain); Claire (villain); Alice (villain)
- Synopsis
- Kate attends a party thrown by her step-mother where she meets Maggie Sawyer and also the villain Abbott. Alice and her gang capture Colonel Kane.
- Reprints
- in 100% DC (Panini Deutschland, 2005 series) #26 - Batwoman - Das Klagelied der Fledermaus ([Mai] 2010)
- in Batwoman: Elegy The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2010 series) ([August] 2010)
- in Batwoman: Elegy (DC, 2010 series) (2010 [August 2011])
- in Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J. H. Williams III (DC, 2017 series) ([August] 2017)
- in Batwoman: Elegy (DC, 2019 series) ([November] 2019)
- in Batman Giant (DC, 2019 series) #4 (2020)
-
Pipeline, Chapter One / Part Three
The Question / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Question [Renee Montoya]; Mr. Chandless; Mr. Bolt (death)
- Synopsis
- Renee must escape from a sinking car.
- Reprints
- in The Question: Pipeline (DC, 2011 series) ([March] 2011)
-
in Colección Héroes y Villanos (ECC Ediciones, 2021 series) #18 - Los Cinco Libros de Sangre (Septiembre de 2021)
-
A Special Preview of Superman: Secret Origin #1
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 5 pages
- Script
- Geoff Johns
- Pencils
- Gary Frank
- Inks
- Jon Sibal
- Colors
- Brad Anderson
- Letters
- Steve Wands
- Editing
- Matt Idelson; Wil Moss (assistant)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent [Kal-El]; Lana Lang; Lex Luthor
Indexer Notes
A 5 page preview of Superman: Secret Origin (DC, 2009 series) #1.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Batman: Reborn
Batwoman -
1.
Elegy, Part 3: Affettuoso
Batwoman -
2.
Pipeline, Chapter One / Part Three
The Question -
3.
DC Nation [180]: "On Vacation! Be Back Soon!"
DC Nation -
4.
A Special Preview of Superman: Secret Origin #1
Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Morbus Iff
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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