Detective Comics #788 [Direct Sales]
(January 2004)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
2.75 USD; 4.25 CAD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2003-11-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200194 78811
Editing
Bob Schreck (editor); Michael Wright (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tim Sale (signed)
Inks
Tim Sale (signed)
Colors
Mark Chiarello
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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The Randori Stone Part One (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Bolles
Pencils
Michael Lilly
Inks
Sean Parsons; Dan Davis
Colors
Jason Wright
Letters
Clem Robins
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Big Eddie Hurst; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Judge Leroy Rawlins; District Attorney Molly Snow; Assistant District Attorney Elliot Foster; Kira Kelly
Synopsis
Eddie Hurst was sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit. He gains inhuman power from the Randori Stone and batters his way out of prison and kills as many of those who sent him to prison as he can before being stopped by Batman.
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[The New Frontier #1 - preview] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

The Dogcatcher Part IV (Table of Contents: 3)

Tales of Gotham / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Spears
Pencils
Rob G
Inks
Rob G
Colors
Guy Major
Letters
Janice Chiang
Editing
Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (assistant editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Joker; Larry; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis
Joker gets his dog back and tries to kill the dogcatcher that put his dog to sleep.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. The Randori Stone Part One
    Batman
  3. 2. [The New Frontier #1 - preview]
  4. 3. The Dogcatcher Part IV
    Tales of Gotham
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    DC in Demand
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