Detective Comics #512 [Direct]
(March 1982)

DC, 1937 Series
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Volume
46
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-12-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)

Issue Notes

"45th Anniversary Special!"

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

The Fatal Prescription of Doctor Death! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?

Job Number
C-831
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Death [Doctor Karl Hellfern]; Togo
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Indexer Notes

Photo background cover image. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

The Fatal Prescription of Doctor Death! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7890
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Dala (photo); Hamilton Hill; Doctor Death [Doctor Karl Hellfern] (villain); Togo
Synopsis
Batman must escape Doctor Death's death trap to stop Doctor Death, who is blackmailing the city to pay him one billion dollars for the antidote to his death dust which has infected much of the city's population.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #345 (March 1982).

Pirates' Gold (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Riders in the Night! (Table of Contents: 3)

Batgirl / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Burkett
Pencils
José Delbo
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7900
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Doreen Gray; Bob Barton; Demon Riders (villain)
Reprints

45th Anniversary Special! (Table of Contents: 4)

Batcave / letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-944

Indexer Notes

Letters with historical reminiscences submitted by Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel, Creig Flessel, and Sheldon Mayer.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Fatal Prescription of Doctor Death!
    Batman
  2. 1. The Fatal Prescription of Doctor Death!
    Batman
  3. 2. Pirates' Gold
    Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. Riders in the Night!
    Batgirl
  5. 4. 45th Anniversary Special!
    Batcave
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore