Detective Comics #545 [Direct]
(December 1984)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-09-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Batman Feared Dead! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Night-Slayer [Anton Knight; Night-Thief]; Tina; Batman (photo)

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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By Darkness Masked (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
superhero
Characters
Night-Slayer [Anton Knight; Night-Thief]; Nocturna [Natalia Knight] (flashback); Nightshade [Sturges Hellstrom] (flashback); Tina; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lucius Fox
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman #378; story continues in Batman #379.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Detective Comments / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1781

Indexer Notes

Letters from Richard Coke, Andrew Middleton, D. R. Smith, T. M. Maple and Dennis Payne.

It's No Fair III: Fair Raid (Table of Contents: 3)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Shawn McManus
Inks
Shawn McManus
Colors
Jeanine Casey
Letters
Adam Kubert
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Bad Penny; Pinball Wizard; Vengeance (last page cameo)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Batman Feared Dead!
    Batman
  2. 1. By Darkness Masked
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
  4. 3. It's No Fair III: Fair Raid
    Green Arrow
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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