Detective Comics
#458
(April 1976)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 40
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-01-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #126.
The Real Batman Dies Next!
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan (signed)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-2248
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lt. Bucky Dunlop (dressed as Batman); Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (head shot)
- Reprints
-
in Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #126 (January 1976) [black & white copy] -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1976 (28. August 1976) -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #891 (8 de octubre de 1977) [recolored]
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Minerva Menace!
Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Aunt Minerva
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Real Batman Dies Next!
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- S-2182
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Lt. Bucky Dunlop (dressed as Batman, death); Alfred Pennyworth; Mrs. Dunlop; Slats Johnson; Charlie Fellman
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1976 (28. August 1976)
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #891 (8 de octubre de 1977)
-
in Batman et Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #7 (décembre 1977) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] -
in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #40 ([Circa 1976-1978]) -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #94 (1978) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #3/1978 ([mars] 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Justice for All Includes Children, 2
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
Peal of the Devil-Bell!
Man-Bat / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S-2235
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; She-Bat [Francine Langstrom]; Britt Langstrom; Dr. Thanatogenos
- Reprints
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #891 (8 de octubre de 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues in Detective Comics #459.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-2254
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Bob Rodi, John Heebink, Fred Schneider, Scott Gibson and Mickey McConnell.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Real Batman Dies Next!
Batman -
1.
Minerva Menace!
Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies -
2.
The Real Batman Dies Next!
Batman -
3.
Justice for All Includes Children, 2
Superman -
4.
Peal of the Devil-Bell!
Man-Bat -
5.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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