Detective Comics #553 [Newsstand]
(August 1985)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-05-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893046508
Editing
Len Wein; Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #15.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #553 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Mask of the Black Death! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Klaus Janson (signed)
Inks
Klaus Janson (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Black Mask
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

No image yet Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (1937 series) #553 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (1937 series) #553 [Canadian]
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The False Face Society of Gotham (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Klaus Janson
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Workman
Job Number
G-1975
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Black Mask (villain); Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Lucius Fox; Julia Remarque; Circe
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #386; continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #387.

[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-2030

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from D. C. Marsh, Dale Coe, Delmo Waters, T. M. Maple, Rachel Varia, Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Susan M. Murrie, Dick and Shirley and David Alan Wright.

Crazy from the Heat (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Jerome Moore
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Jeanine Casey
Letters
Bob Lappan
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Bonfire; Black Canary [Dinah Drake] (photograph)
Reprints

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mask of the Black Death!
    Batman
  2. 1. The False Face Society of Gotham
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
  4. 3. Crazy from the Heat
    Green Arrow
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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