Detective Comics #838 [Second Printing]
(January 2008)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2008-01-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200194 83812
Editing
Mike Marts; Jeanine Schaefer (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #838.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Andy Kubert (signed)
Inks
Andy Kubert (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Reprints

The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, Part Three (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Dini
Pencils
Ryan Benjamin
Inks
Saleem Crawford
Colors
John Kalisz
Letters
Steve Wands

Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Alfred Pennyworth; Damian Head; I-Ching; Ra's al Ghul (villain; in Sam Tang's body); Talia Head (villain); Silken Spider (villain); Tiger Moth (villain); Dragonfly (villain); Ninjas (villains); Ubu (villain)
Synopsis
Batman, Talia and I-Ching track Ra's to his hideout. Ra's asks Batman to choose whether he will use Damian or Tim's body for his brain's host.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul continued from Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #138.
The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul continues in Batman (Dc, 1940 series) #671.

DC Nation 88 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, Part Three
    Batman
  3. 2. DC Nation 88
    DC Nation
This issue was modified by
  • Katie
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore