Detective Comics
#459
(May 1976)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 40
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-02-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Barcode
- 0709893046505
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #127.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan (signed)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- John Workman ?
- Job Number
- S-2264
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Elliot Quinn; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (head shot)
Indexer Notes
Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
A Clue before Dying!
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Martin Pasko
- Pencils
- José Luis GarcÃa-López
- Inks
- José Luis GarcÃa-López
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- S-2204
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Walter Gaunt; Elliot Quinn; Lyle Keane; Emma Rundle; Lieutenant Dannay
- Synopsis
- While attending a party thrown by Elliot Quinn, Batman must uncover who murdered the host.
- Reprints
-
in Batman Sonderheft (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #3 (1976) -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #100 (1978) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #9/1978 (augusti 1978) -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #8/1978 (uke 38 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Scream of the Gargoyle!
Man-Bat / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S-2236
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Dr. Thanatogenos; Maurice LeBlanc; Helene LeBlanc
- Synopsis
- Man-Bat battles a demon.
- Reprints
-
in Bumper Batcomic (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #5 [Black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues from Detective Comics #458.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 0.67 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-2272
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Michael D. Dargay, Joe Peluso, Paul Birnbaum; Tom Ward, Dan Raskio and Steve Landis.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Average copies preceding 12 months: 353,000.
Actual copies issue nearest filing date: 386,697.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
Minerva Menace
Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies -
2.
A Clue before Dying!
Batman -
3.
Scream of the Gargoyle!
Man-Bat -
4.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line -
5.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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