Detective Comics #437

(October-November 1973)

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Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Deathmask! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Aparo

Job Number

L-211

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Gordon; Judd Thaxton (first appearance, death); Austin Spires (first appearance, death); Marcus Wingate (first appearance, death).

Synopsis

Batman finds himself seemingly pitted against the preternaturally powered Matuchima, the lost tribe of Xochipecs' god of death, soon after the tribe's deathmask is found and brought to the Gotham Museum.

Reprints

• in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1975 ([februar] 1975)
• in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #74 (février 1975)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #19/1975 (13. September 1975)
which is reprinted
• in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #30 (1985)
• in The Super Heroes (Egmont UK, 1980 series) #v2#5 (February 1982)
• in Os Novos Titãs (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #1 (Abril 1986)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([December] 1988)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) #[nn] ([June] 1989)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #[1] (1988 [August 1989])
• in Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin (DC, 2013 series) ([September] 2013)
• in Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (DC, 2012 series) #2 ([November] 2013)
• in Batman Collection - Jim Aparo (Panini Deutschland, 2013 series) #4 ([Juli] 2015)

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Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

New Sew-On 4" Patches (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Add-A-Patch Emblems & Patches / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Reward $11,750.00 for This Coin! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Task Force / Tank Trap (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Tank Trap; Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Day Bill Told Off His Boss (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

They're Back! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Metropolis, Illinois (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Chapter 1: The Himalayan Incident (Table of Contents: 10)

Manhunter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Pencils

Walter Simonson (credited as Simonson) (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))

Inks

Walter Simonson (credited as Simonson) (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda; Walter Simonson (titles and sound effects)

Job Number

L-212

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (also flashback); Christine St. Clair (first appearance); Dharmata

Synopsis

Christine St. Clair, an INTERPOL agent, searches for the elusive Manhunter in Nepal.

Awards

• Shazam Award - Best Individual Short Story (Dramatic) (1973)

Reprints

• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #114
• in Batman et Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #1 (juin-juillet-août 1976) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
• in Dynamic Classics (DC, 1978 series) #1 (September-October 1978)
• in Manhunter (DC, 1984 series) #1 ([May] 1984)
• in Batman (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #1 (Julho 1984) [original title: The Himalayan Incident; title: O Caçador]
• in Manhunter: The Special Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([September] 1999)
• in Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin (DC, 2013 series) ([September] 2013)
• in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019)
• in Manhunter by Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])

Indexer Notes

Manhunter revealed as Paul Kirk (Manhunter of the 1940's Adventure Comics run).

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Sunshine Art Studios Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Just Put an X Next to the Comics You Want! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The New DC King-Size Collector's Series !… (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tarzan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Iron-Wolf (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Ironwolf / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Superman the Man of Steel - World's Greatest Comics Hero Appears in… (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Biggest Bargain in Comics! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page (report information)

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Locksmithing Institute Training Course / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (credited)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-232

Feature Logo

Batman's Hot Line [telephone]

Indexer Notes

Comments from new editor Archie Goodwin.

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ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Raleigh Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)