Detective Comics
#422
(April 1972)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 36
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-02-29
- 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 #81.
The Unmasking of Batgirl!
Batgirl / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- S-1149
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman; James Gordon
- Reprints
-
in The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #8 (November-December 1976) - 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 Showcase Presents: Batgirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
-
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 Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #3 ([March] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- unmasking
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; original indexer credited the inks to Dick Giordano.
First time Batgirl is cover featured.
The Alan Kupperberg penciled, Neal Adams inked Batman headshot from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #420 is used on this cover.
Highway to Nowhere!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Bob Brown
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- S-1107
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Buzz Riley
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #156 (Circa August 1972) - in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1972 ([september ?] 1972)
- in Batman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1974 series) #13 (1981)
- 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.
The Unmasking of Batgirl!
Batgirl / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- S-1136
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Gordon; Gregg Wilson
- Synopsis
- Batgirl reveals her secret identity to her father, Commissioner Gordon, who already knew, as revealed in Detective Comics #417.
- Reprints
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #162 (Circa February 1973)
- in Showcase Presents: Batgirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
- in Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years (DC, 2017 series) ([April] 2017)
- 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 in Detective Comics #423.
The Bush Trackers!
Manhunters / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Chad Grothkopf
- Inks
- Chad Grothkopf
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1137
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #59 (July-August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from the GCD entry for the original printing. Add feature logo Manhunters around the World
The Unseen Clue!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Howard Purcell
- Inks
- Howard Purcell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1138
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Sam Hook
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #54 (October-November 1956)
-
in Batman et Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #2 (septembre 1976)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-1153
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Matt Graham, Gene Bearringer, Juan Cole and Billy Wort.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Unmasking of Batgirl!
Batgirl -
1.
Highway to Nowhere!
Batman -
2.
The Unmasking of Batgirl!
Batgirl -
3.
The Bush Trackers!
Manhunters -
4.
The Unseen Clue!
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5.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line
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