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
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #79.
Blind Justice -- Blind Fear!
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-1124
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
- Reprints
-
in Batman (3ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #46 -
in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #3 ([March] 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 Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #3 ([September] 2013)
- 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) #3 ([March] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- convicts; prisons
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Kupperberg credit is for the Batman head stat on the left, re-used here from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #430.
Blind Justice... Blind Fear!
Batman / comic story / 16 pages
- 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 ([March] 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
- 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 ([September] 2007)
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
-
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
- 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!
Alfred / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- S-1112
- Genre
- superhero; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Dick Grayson [Robin]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #24 (August-September 1944)
-
Indexer Notes
Add feature logo The Adventures of Alfred
The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians!
Mysto Magician Detective / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-1111
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- 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.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
average # copies per issue, previous year - 199,112
Editing
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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!
Alfred -
5.
The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians!
Mysto Magician Detective -
6.
[no title indexed]
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