Detective Comics
#411
(May 1971)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-03-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Into the Den of the Death-Dealers!
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-752
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Talia al Ghul; League of Assassins
- Synopsis
- Talia is held by the League of Assassins, as Batman is about to be beheaded.
- Reprints
-
in Batman (3ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #29 -
in الوطواط [Al-Watwat / The Batman] (المطبوعات المصورة [Al-Matbouat Al-Mousawwara / Illustrated Publications], 1966 series) #79 -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #22 (1972) -
in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1972 ([januar ?] 1972) -
in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2004) -
in Batman: La Saga de Ra's Al Ghul (Planeta DeAgostini, 2005 series) #1 (Junio 2005) - in Batman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([august] 2005)
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in Batman Collection - Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #3 ([Oktober] 2009) - in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2004 [June 2013])
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in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #8 - Batman - Batmans Sohn - in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([March] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2019), #3 ([March] 2020)
- in Batman: Tales of the Demon (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
- in Batman Arkham: Talia al Ghul (DC, 2021 series) ([June] 2021)
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- Keywords
- assassins; bondage; swords
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Into the Den of the Death-Dealers!
Batman / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Brown (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- S-671
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The night breathes soot-colored fog... and there is a stillness broken only by gasps of wind and the muffled lapping of the sea.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Talia Al Ghul (villain, introduction); Dr. Darrk (death); League of Assassins
- Synopsis
- Batman meets Talia, Ra's Al Ghul's daughter.
- Reprints
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #22 (1972)
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1972 ([januar ?] 1972)
- in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #46 (octobre 1972)
- in Batman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #2 (1980)
- in Batman (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #4 (Outubro 1984)
- in The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul (DC, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
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in Batman (Vjesnik, 1989 series) #1 (November 1989) - in Batman: Tales of the Demon (Warner Books, 1992 series) (1991)
- in Batman: Tales of the Demon (DC, 1991 series) ([May] 1991)
- in Batman: La Saga de Ra's Al Ghul (Planeta DeAgostini, 2005 series) #1 (Junio 2005)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #8 - Batman - Batmans Sohn
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([March] 2016)
- in Batman: Tales of the Demon (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
- in Batman Arkham: Talia al Ghul (DC, 2021 series) ([June] 2021)
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- Keywords
- first appearance of recurring character(s)
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues in "Daughter of the Demon" in Batman #232 (July 1971). First mention of Ra's Al Ghul.
The League of Assassins (as well as Dr. Darrk) first appeared in Detective Comics #405. However, this is the first appearance of Talia Al Ghul, who would be a major presence in the life of Batman for decades to come.
Cut... and Run!
Batgirl / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- S-709
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They say that in your final moments your life flashes past! Is this my final moment?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Mamie Acheson
- Synopsis
- Batgirl must escape from a textile pattern-cutter set to slice her to pieces.
- Reprints
- in Batman et Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #2 (septembre-octobre-novembre 1976) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Batman Sonderheft (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #25 (1982)
- in Showcase Presents: Batgirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
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- Keywords
- death-trap; fashion; pattern-cutter
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues from Detective Comics #410.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-761
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Editor: The Man-Bat trilogy...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Guy Lillian, Joe Rusnak, Gary Kuhlmann, Steve Beery and Doug Ropp.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Into the Den of the Death-Dealers!
Batman -
1.
Into the Den of the Death-Dealers!
Batman -
2.
Cut... and Run!
Batgirl -
3.
["Dear Editor: The Man-Bat trilogy..."]
Batman's Hot-Line
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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