Detective Comics #463

(September 1976)

3 Free Baseball Cards (Table of Contents: 1)

Hostess Cup Cakes; Hostess Twinkies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Hostess is back with new Baseball Cards...to collect and trade with your friends.

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Interior front cover advertisement for 3 free baseball cards on specially marked boxes of Hostess® Snack Cakes.

Death-Web (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Gerry Conway (credited) (sourced) (writer)

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Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua) (sourced) (artist)

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Frank McLaughlin (credited) (sourced) (artist)

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S-2360

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Thirty pounds of pure uncut heroin, Slinky, just as we arranged!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Spider [Eric Needham] (intro, villain); James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; "Doc" Sugarman (drug dealer, death); Slinky Hamilton (drug dealer, death); Hunk; Arthur Reeves (intro, City Commissioner); Lonnie (informant); Otto (Sugarman's thug); Jose (Sugarman's thug)

Synopsis

Batman breaks up a drug deal, but the dealers are killed by the Black Spider, a vigilante who emulates Batman except he prefers to eliminate drug dealers permanently.

Reprints

• in Batman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1974 series) #6 (1977)
• in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #111 (1979)
• in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #7/1979 (Juni 1979)
• in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #7/1979 (uke 27 1979)
• in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)

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Story continues in Detective Comics #464.

City Commissioner Arthur Reeves introduced here and featured in issue #464 as well, returns in issue #503 as Councilman Reeves who announces he is running for mayor of Gotham City. His dislike for Batman as evidenced in this issue will feature prominently in his run for mayor.

Shooting a Daisy® (Table of Contents: 3)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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The sport a boy grows up with...

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Advertisement for Daisy™ B-B guns.

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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Full page advertisement for various mail order items. Includes a mail order form.

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Atlantic Records / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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The Rolling Stones Black and Blue on Rolling Stones records & tapes

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The Rolling Stones

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Advertisement for a special offer from Atlantic Records to acquire a previously released single from The Rolling Stones catalogue.
Includes a mail order coupon.

What to sink your teeth into when you're hungry and you're not a werewolf. (Table of Contents: 6)

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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A little less than a meal. A little more than a snack.

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Advertisement for Slim Jim smoked beef snacks.

Make Money Fast! (Table of Contents: 7)

Anchor Specialties Identification Plates / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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No risk! No investment!

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Advertisment for a career in sales.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Gold Crown; Tank Trap / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Now! All full scale battle games processed in 48 hours....

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Horizontal advertisement for two plastic figure battlefield games: Gold Crown and Tank Trap, from Helen of Toy, Co.

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 9)

Bicycle Kickstand Pad; Centre Coin's Album or Catalog; Centuri Rockets; Customizing Center Training; Live Sea Horses; Richard Alf Comics; Robert Bell Comics; Sharks Teeth; Tall-Up Booklet; Universal Bodybuilding; Weight Lifting Equipment / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Write advertisers direct.

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Full page of various sized direct advertisements. Includes a text only, classified ad section titled "Best By Mail". For information about advertising, write Sanford Schwartz & Co., New York, New York.

Up-Up-and Away-a-a-y (Table of Contents: 10)

DC Limited Collector's Edition / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Superman; Flash; Superboy; Legion of Super Heroes

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Mail order advertisement for DC Limited Collector's Edition, numbers C-48 and C-49.

DC TV Series (Table of Contents: 11)

DC TV Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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A new star is rising in the DC galaxy of greatness!

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Shazam; Isis; Gabe Kotter; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman

Indexer Notes

Advertisements for DC television series of comic books.

Superheroes Battle to Save Three Earths! (Table of Contents: 12)

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Bob Rozakis

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Volume 76 Issue 9 - Week of June 28, 1976

Reward!! (Table of Contents: 13)

Coin Values Guidebook / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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We'll pay you $50.00 for this 1972 penny!

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Advertisement for a Coin Guide for collectors.

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 14)

"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses]; Abracadabra Magic Shop Tricks; American Red Cross; Centre Coin's Album or Catalog; Estell Comics; Giant Shirt Catalog; Howard Rogofsky Comics; J. Hunt Comics; Liftee Height Increase Pads; Metropolitan Stamps; Mighty Muscles Muscle Builder; North American School of Drafting; Pacific Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Rollersports Skateboards; Toy Flying Saucers; Universal Self-Defense System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Full page of ads for various products from various vendors. For information about advertising, write S. Schwarz & Co., New York, New York.

Crimes by Calculation (Table of Contents: 15)

The Atom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Bob Rozakis (credited) (story)

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Mike Grell (credited) (art)

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Terry Austin (credited) (art)

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S-2354

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Rick Bagley may be an old friend, but he sure is a boring lecturer!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Calculator [Noah Kuttler] (villain, intro); The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Richard Bagley

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #3/1977 (29. Januar 1977)
• in The Flash (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #136 ([Circa 1976-1978])
• in The Atom (K. G. Murray, 1982 series) ([1982] ?)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Part 1 of the Calculator serial; story continues in Detective #464.

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New American Physique Chest Developer / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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The world famous new American physique chest developer.

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Advertisement for body building.

You Loved Our Legion Issue (Table of Contents: 17)

Amazing World of DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Advertisement with mail order form for issues 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12.

You Asked for Them! We've Got 'Em! (Table of Contents: 18)

NCG Merchandise / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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They're the spookiest, greatest, most magnificent t-shirts ever.

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Batman; Superman; Shazam; Wonder Woman

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Advertisement with mail order form for imprinted t-shirts of DC superheroes.

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

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S-2379

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Letters of comment from Mike Christiansen, Mike White, Kevin L. Callahan, Scott Gibbson, David Hunter, Randy Myers and Loretta Graen.

Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 20)

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

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You can get these and many, many other valuable prizes...

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Advertisement with Business Reply Mail form for imprinted all-occasion cards.

Snap Tite Model Kit (Table of Contents: 21)

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Snaps together...no gluing or painting.

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Inside back cover advertisement for Snap Tite Armor Kits.

The Green Machine (Table of Contents: 22)

The Green Machine / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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For guys 8, 9, 10 yers old who really know how to ride.

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Back cover horizontal advertisement for The Green Machine, a direct drive pedal system from Marx Toys.