Detective Comics #562 [Newsstand]
(May 1986)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-02-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893046505
Editing
Len Wein; Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #24.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #562 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Fury of the Film Freak! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (layouts); Gene Colan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; The Film Freak [Burt Weston]
Keywords
gold fish; gorilla; machine gun

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Reeling (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Workman
Job Number
G-2422
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Sergeant Harvey Bullock; Film Freak [Burt Weston] (villain); Vicki Vale; Julia Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; India Blue; Paul Vasseria (movie director)
Synopsis
The Film Freak targets Julia Pennyworth and his ex-girlfriend India Blue for revealing his identity. Bullock and Robin stay one step behind Batman and Catwoman.
Keywords
nudity panels

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #395; continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #396.

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

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

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2287

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Chris Parrish, Joe Sarnicole, Jef Mitchell, Willie Holmes, Christopher Romano and Jonathan Gilbert.

The Criminal Element (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Jerome Moore
Inks
Dell Barras
Colors
Shelley Eiber
Letters
Agustin Más
Job Number
G-2466
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Steelclaw [Thomas Bolt]; Tommie (music store employee); Jerry (music store owner)
Synopsis
Black Canary stops a drug shipment. Green Arrow questions the mayor about the new hero, the Champion. The identity of the new villain, Steelclaw, is revealed. Tommie thinks that Onyx has come back.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Fury of the Film Freak!
    Batman
  2. 1. Reeling
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
  4. 3. The Criminal Element
    Green Arrow and Black Canary
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