Detective Comics
#443
(October-November 1974)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 38
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-07-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #108.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (also head shot); Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (head shot); Creeper [Jack Ryder] (head shot); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (head shot)
- Reprints
-
in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #125 (Circa 1975-1976) -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #839 (23 de julio de 1976) -
in Batman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2005 series) ([June] 2005) - 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
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
[Detective Comics Presents]
table of contents / 1 page
- Job Number
- L-340
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
- Reprints
-
in Batman Bimestriel (Sage - Sagédition, 1975 series) #6 (février-mars 1976)
-
Gotterdammerung
Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Walter Simonson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Annette Kawecki; Walter Simonson (titles and sound effects)
- Job Number
- L-335
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Paul Kirk](death); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Enforcer (Dan Kingdom); Ndele Kshumbo; Kolu Mbeya; Christine St. Clair; Asano Nitobe
- Awards
- Reprints
- in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #125 (Circa 1975-1976)
- in Batman Bimestriel (Sage - Sagédition, 1975 series) #6 (février-mars 1976) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #839 (23 de julio de 1976)
-
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #7 (1977) - in Manhunter (DC, 1984 series) #1 ([May] 1984)
-
in Batman (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #7 (Janeiro 1985) - 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
Annette Kawecki is the credited letterer of this story in Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), where this story is reprinted. The Simonson lettering credit is per Archie Goodwin on page 97 of this issue.
Also features: Manhunter
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Job Number
- L-296
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- in Batman in the Seventies (DC, 1999 series) (1999 [February 2000])
-
Indexer Notes
Pinup, had originally been advertised for Detective Comics #440.
[no title indexed]
Manhunter / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
- Reprints
- in Dynamic Classics (DC, 1978 series) #1 (September-October 1978)
- in Manhunter: The Special Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([September] 1999)
- in Manhunter by Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021]), (2020 [April 2021])
-
Indexer Notes
Pinup, had originally been advertised for Detective Comics #440.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- L-339
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Lynn Scharbow, Dart Vernon and Antone Perry.
[Dr. Mephisto]
The Spectre / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bernard Baily
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Job Number
- N-1046
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
- Reprints
- from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #65 (March 1941)
-
The End of Sports!
Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Alex Toth
- Inks
- Alex Toth
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Sheldon Mayer (original editor)
- Job Number
- N-1044
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sportsmaster [Lawrence "Crusher" Crock] (misspelled Corck) (villain); Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Jean Taylor (sports reporter)
- Reprints
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #98 (June 1948)
-
The Coming of the Creeper!!
The Creeper / comic story / 22.17 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko (plot); Don Segall (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
- Job Number
- N-1043
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Creeper [Jack Ryder] (introduction; origin); Angel Devilin (villain); Professor Yatz (scientist); Dr. Clayton Wetley (crusader against violence); Bill Brane (chief of network security)
- Reprints
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #73 (March-April 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 12 is a 2/3-page and page 23 is a 1/2-page.
The Secret of Hunter's Inn!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
- Job Number
- N-1045
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Tweedle-Dee (villain); Tweedle-Dum (villain); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #18 (August-September 1943)
-
Indexer Notes
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman's Hot Line Extra
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- L-339
Indexer Notes
Letter of comment from David Neal Dyar.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
[Detective Comics Presents]
-
2.
Gotterdammerung
Batman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
4.
[no title indexed]
Manhunter -
5.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line -
6.
[Dr. Mephisto]
The Spectre -
7.
The End of Sports!
Green Lantern -
8.
The Coming of the Creeper!!
The Creeper -
9.
The Secret of Hunter's Inn!
Batman and Robin -
10.
Batman's Hot Line Extra
Batman's Hot-Line
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