Detective Comics
#417
(November 1971)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia frequency
- monthly
- On-sale date
- 1971-09-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- Newsprint; Glossy
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Batman for a Night!
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- S-978
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
- Reprints
-
in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #3 ([January] 2006) -
in Batman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) ([august] 2006) -
in Batman Collection: Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #4 ([Februar] 2010) - in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([January] 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Batman for a Night
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Bob Brown
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- S-918
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; James Gordon; Jan Paxton; Trina Paxton; Stacy Brand; Joe Frazier (cameo)
- Reprints
-
in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #3 (4ème trimestre 1972) -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #152 (Circa April 1972) - in Batman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #4 (1981)
- in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([January] 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
A Bullet for Gordon!
Batgirl / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- S-868
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Gordon; Zed Kurtz
- Synopsis
- James Gordon reveals that he knows Batgirl's identity.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #6/1972 (18. März 1972), #8/1972 (15.April 1972)
- in Showcase Presents: Batgirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues from Detective Comics #416.
Alfred, Armchair Detective!
The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-964
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #31 (October-November 1945)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-985
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Anthony Kowalik, Gerard Triano, David Hendricks, Clem Robins, Guy H. Lillian III, Scott Gibson and Jay L. Zilber.
The Mystery That Edgar Allan Poe Solved
Gang Busters / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Prentice
- Inks
- John Prentice
- Colors
- Steve Englehart
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-557
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #49 (December 1955-January 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit from Steve Englehart's website, http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Do's%20%26%20Don't's%20of%20Dating.html (April 28, 2008).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Batman for a Night!
Batman -
1.
Batman for a Night
Batman -
2.
A Bullet for Gordon!
Batgirl -
3.
Alfred, Armchair Detective!
The Adventures of Alfred -
4.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line -
5.
The Mystery That Edgar Allan Poe Solved
Gang Busters
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Matthew Peets
- Nick Caputo
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Jim Van Dore
- Lou Mazzella
- Peter Croome
- Jim Stangas
- John Monagle
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Klein
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Jerry Bails (R.I.P.)
- Carl Gafford
- John Greb
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Jeremy Heier
- Chris Launder
- Terry Vraspir
- Craig Delich
- Mike Bowen
- Gregory Fischer
- Dwayne Best
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Gordon
- Max Capp
- Ed Boner
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.