Detective Comics #864 [Direct Sales]
(June 2010)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
2010-04-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200194 86411
Editing
Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (assistant)

Issue Notes

Copyright © 2010 DC Comics.
This issue has variants:

Return to Arkham Asylum (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Cliff Chiang; Cully Hamner (inset)
Inks
Cliff Chiang; Cully Hamner (inset)
Colors
Laura Martin (inset); ?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Dick Grayson]; Question [Renee Montoya] (inset)
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Beneath the Mask (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
David Hine
Pencils
Jeremy Haun
Inks
Jeremy Haun; John Lucas
Colors
David Baron
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Dick Grayson; also as Nightwing (flashback)]; Bruce Wayne [Batman] (flashback); Robin [Tim Drake] (flashback); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (flashback); Conrad LeBlanc; Aaron Cash; Black Mask [Jeremiah Arkham] (villain); Hamburger Lady [Myrna Freud]; Mirror Man [Narcissus]; No-Face [Alessio Morandi]; Alyce Sinner (villain); Fright [Linda Friitawa] (flashback, villain); Hugo Strange [also as Batman] (flashback, villain); The Mortician (villain); Jester (villain)
Synopsis
A look back at events that led to Jeremiah Arkham becoming Black Mask.
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Pipeline, Chapter Two / Part Five (Table of Contents: 2)

The Question / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka
Pencils
Cully Hamner
Inks
Cully Hamner
Colors
Dave McCaig
Letters
Jared K. Fletcher
Genre
superhero
Characters
Question [Renee Montoya]; Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]; Vandal Savage [Cain]
Synopsis
Vandal Savage tries to convince one of the heroes to take the mark of Cain from him, or they both will die.
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Brightest Day Checklist (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

DC Nation [214]: Meanwhile... Dick Giordano 1932-2010 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Return to Arkham Asylum
    Batman
  2. 1. Beneath the Mask
    Batman
  3. 2. Pipeline, Chapter Two / Part Five
    The Question
  4. 3. Brightest Day Checklist
  5. 4. DC Nation [214]: Meanwhile... Dick Giordano 1932-2010
    DC Nation
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