Detective Comics #555 [Newsstand]
(October 1985)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-07-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893046510
Editing
Len Wein; Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #17.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #555 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Slaughter in the Streets! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paris Cullins
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Captain Boomerang; Mirror Master
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Returning Reflections (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited as Jason Todd)
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Workman
Job Number
G-2099
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Alfred Pennyworth; Captain Boomerang; Mirror Master; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock
Synopsis
With the help of Commissioner Gordon and Harvey Bullock, Batman and Robin plan a trap to catch Captain Boomerang and Mirror Master. Meanwhile, the moon turns blood red as the Crisis on Infinite Earths looms over the DCU.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #388.

The Case of the Runaway Shoebox! (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Elliot Maggin
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Julius Schwartz
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow
Synopsis
Oliver Queen loses his rent money, but is sidetracked by a museum theft as he retraces his steps.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2081

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Charles D. Brown, Bob Forster, Michael Clem, Brian Galloway, Leonard E. Orzech, Willie Holmes, Stephen Baer, Zack Bennett and Rachelle Varia.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Slaughter in the Streets!
    Batman
  2. 1. Returning Reflections
    Batman
  3. 2. The Case of the Runaway Shoebox!
    Green Arrow
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
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