Detective Comics
#421
(March 1972)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 36
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale date
- 1972-01-27
- 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 Comic Reader #79.
Blind Justice -- Blind Fear!
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams; Alan Kupperberg (see notes)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- S-1124
- 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
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Alan Kupperberg revealed in an interview with Daniel Best that he pencilled the Batman head in the left border and that Dick Giordano inked it. The rest of the head shots are stock shots pasted in later. Alan believes the Kupperberg-Giordano Batman head was subsequently used on other covers.
Blind Justice... Blind Fear!
Batman / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Frank Robbins
- Inks
- Frank Robbins
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- S-1104
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Warden Howe; Marla Mannning; Carlton Quayle
- Reprints
- 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.
Up Against Three Walls!
Batgirl / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1066
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Gordon; Garcia da Vega; Carlos da Vega; Odds Lanyon
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #157 (Circa September 1972) - in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1974 ([august] 1974)
-
in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #9/1974 ([1974-09-dd]) - 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 #420.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-1134
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Bob Abrahams, Anthony Kowalik, Christopher Juricich, Judy Turner, Jay L. Zilber, Clem Robins and Daryl Barker.
Police Line-Up!
The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron ?; Joe Samachson ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1112
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Dick Grayson [Robin]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #24 (August-September 1944)
-
The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians!
Mysto Magician Detective / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk
- Pencils
- Leonard Starr
- Inks
- Leonard Starr
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1111
- Characters
- Mysto
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #205 (March 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Woolfolk credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Formerly credited to George Kashdan.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Blind Justice -- Blind Fear!
Batman -
1.
Blind Justice... Blind Fear!
Batman -
2.
Up Against Three Walls!
Batgirl -
3.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line -
4.
Police Line-Up!
The Adventures of Alfred -
5.
The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians!
Mysto Magician Detective -
6.
[no title indexed]
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