Detective Comics
#423
(May 1972)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 36
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale date
- 1972-03-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
- 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 #82.
The Most Dangerous Twenty Miles in Gotham City!
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mike Kaluta
- Inks
- Mike Kaluta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- S-1189
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why has the Batman -- who has sworn never to use a gun -- turned into an assassin?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #19/1972 (16. September 1972) -
in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1973 ([august ?] 1973) -
in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #9 (2ème trimestre 1974) [Couleurs modifiées/Recolored] -
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.
The Most Dangerous Twenty Miles in Gotham City
Batman / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Bob Brown
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- S-1182
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; James Gordon
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #19/1972 (16. September 1972)
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1973 ([august ?] 1973)
- in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #9 (2ème trimestre 1974)
- 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 Shadow of a Doubt!
Johnny Law / comic story / 3.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irwin Hasen
- Inks
- Irwin Hasen
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- S-1160
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Johnny Law
- Reprints
- from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #15 (May-June 1952)
-
Candidate for Danger!
Batgirl / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- S-1147
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Gordon; Jason Bard; Tab Higgins
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #163 ([March 1973]) - in Showcase Presents: Batgirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years (DC, 2017 series) ([April] 2017)
- 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 #422; story continues in Detective Comics #424.
The Big Heist
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti
- Inks
- Jack Lehti
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek ?
- Job Number
- S-1159
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #26 (February-March 1952)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Most Dangerous Twenty Miles in Gotham City!
Batman -
1.
The Most Dangerous Twenty Miles in Gotham City
Batman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
3.
A Shadow of a Doubt!
Johnny Law -
4.
Candidate for Danger!
Batgirl -
5.
The Big Heist
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6.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Tony R. Rose
- Matthew Peets
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Jenner
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Jim Van Dore
- Lou Mazzella
- Bob Hughes
- Peter Croome
- Jim Stangas
- John Monagle
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- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Jerry Bails (R.I.P.)
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- Jeremy Heier
- Chris Launder
- Terry Vraspir
- Craig Delich
- Mike Bowen
- Gregory Fischer
- Dwayne Best
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Gordon
- Max Capp
- Ed Boner
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