Detective Comics #858 [Adam Hughes Cover]
(December 2009)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
2009-10-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200194 85821
Editing
Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (assistant)

Issue Notes

Copyright © 2009 DC Comics.

1 in 10 variant.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #858 [Direct Sales]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batwoman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Adam Hughes
Inks
Adam Hughes
Colors
Adam Hughes

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Question [Renee Montoya]
Reprints

[Go, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

Batwoman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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] (origin); Colonel Jake Kane; Commissioner James Gordon; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Major General Frances Lombardo; Beth Kane (flashback); Gabi Kane (flashback; death)
Synopsis
Batwoman's origin is revealed as she flashes back to her early family life, and the time she spent with her twin sister.
Reprints

Pipeline, Chapter One / Part Five (Table of Contents: 2)

The Question / comic story / 10 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]; Tot [Aristotle Rodor] (voice only); Hector Soliz; Louisa Soliz
Synopsis
The Question rescues Hector's sister.
Reprints

DC Nation [189]: "As it is my turn, honor and duty to deliver a memorable DC Nation" (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batwoman
  2. 1. [Go, Part 1]
    Batwoman
  3. 2. Pipeline, Chapter One / Part Five
    The Question
  4. 3. DC Nation [189]: "As it is my turn, honor and duty to deliver a memorable DC Nation"
    DC Nation
This issue was modified by
  • Katie
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore