Detective Comics #549 [Newsstand]
(April 1985)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-01-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893046504
Editing
Len Wein; Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #11.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #549 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pat Broderick (signed)
Inks
Pat Broderick (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Harvey Bullock
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Dr. Harvey and Mr. Bullock (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Pat Broderick
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
G-1766
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Harvey Bullock; Commissioner Gordon
Synopsis
Harvey Bullock, with the help of Batman, takes on an entire street gang after his home is vandalized.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1904

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Elizabeth Holden, Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Dennis Payne, T. M. Maple, Rachelle Varia, Christopher Mortika, Mike Souza, Eric Tschler, Joseph Piergross and Scott E. Sears.

Night Olympics, Part One (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Alan Moore
Pencils
Klaus Janson
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Klaus Janson
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Lomax
Synopsis
Black Canary and Green Arrow find that the crooks aren't as bold as they used to be. This leads to a discussion of how the bad crooks are getting worse. Then, from a rooftop, Black Canary is shot by an arrow.
Reprints

[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. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. Dr. Harvey and Mr. Bullock
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
  4. 3. Night Olympics, Part One
    Green Arrow
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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