Detective Comics #561 [Zeller's Promotional]
([1988])

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
?
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

Promotional giveaway by the Canadian retailer Zeller's. There is no price, issue number, or barcode on the cover. CGC identifies it as having been released in 1988, but indicia information or other details about the promotion remain unclear.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #561 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
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Flying Hi (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bob Smith; Ricardo Villagrán
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
G-2378
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Rena; Shane Rivers
Synopsis
Jason meets a new girl at school. A group of his classmates try to pressure Jason into trying drugs.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Detective Comments / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2257

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Scott Wesely, Jeff Mitchell, Christopher Romano, John Henry Sain, Dale Coe, Bill Schelly and Stan Johnson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Average # copies per issue, previous year - 66,739.

In the Grip of Steelclaw! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Jerome Moore
Inks
Dell Barras
Colors
Jeanine Casey
Letters
Agustin Más
Job Number
G-2295
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Steelclaw [Thomas Bolt] (villain); Champion
Synopsis
Green Arrow confronts new hero-for-hire, Champion. Black Canary meets the new villain, Steelclaw.
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. Flying Hi
    Batman
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 4. [no title indexed]
  5. 5. In the Grip of Steelclaw!
    Green Arrow and Black Canary
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