Detective Comics #857 [Direct Sales]
(November 2009)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2009-09-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200194 85711
Editing
Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Batman: Reborn (Table of Contents)

Batwoman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
J. H. Williams III (signed); Cully Hamner (inset)
Inks
J. H. Williams III (signed); Cully Hamner (inset)
Colors
J. H. Williams III (signed); Laura Martin (inset)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Question [Renee Montoya] (inset)
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Elegy, Part 4: Rubato! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batwoman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka
Pencils
J. H. Williams III
Inks
J. H. Williams III
Colors
Dave Stewart
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Colonel Kane; Bette Kane [Flamebird]; Abbott (villain); Hayes (villain); Claire (villain); Alice [Beth] (villain)
Synopsis
Batwoman battles Alice in a military plane over Gotham to prevent Alice from releasing a chemical weapon that will kill most of the people in Gotham.
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Indexer Notes

Alice is revealed to be Colonel Kane's daughter. Not clear if she is Kate's sister or step-sister.

Pipeline, Chapter One / Part Four (Table of Contents: 2)

The Question / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka
Pencils
Cully Hamner
Inks
Cully Hamner
Colors
Dave McCaig
Letters
Jared K. Fletcher
Genre
superhero
Characters
Question [Renee Montoya]; Mr. Bolt (villain; corpse); Gordon Chandless (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis
The Question breaks into Chandles' mansion to find more information on the human trafficking operation he is running.
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DC Nation [184]: 10th Annual Baltimore Comic-Con 2009 (Table of Contents: 3)

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ian Sattler
Pencils
Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Inks
Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Colors
Mauro Cascioli (painting)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Atom [Ray Palmer]; Congorilla [Congo Bill]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Shazam [Freddy Freeman]; Starman [Mikaal Tomas]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Lang]

Indexer Notes

Ian Sattler talks about the upcoming DC Nation panel at the 2009 Baltimore Comic-Con.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Batman: Reborn
    Batwoman
  2. 1. Elegy, Part 4: Rubato!
    Batwoman
  3. 2. Pipeline, Chapter One / Part Four
    The Question
  4. 3. DC Nation [184]: 10th Annual Baltimore Comic-Con 2009
    DC Nation
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  • Ralf Haring
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Morbus Iff
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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