Detective Comics #355 for Sale - First Appearance of Hooded Hangman - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue: #355
Publication date: September 1966
Key date: 1966-09-00
On-sale date: 1966-07-28
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Hooded Hangman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Telman Davies - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Hate of the Hooded Hangman!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Bruce Wayne, Telman Davies First, Hooded Hangman First
1	Hate of the Hooded Hangman!	comic story	13.34	script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne, Telman Davies First, Hooded Hangman First
2	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
3	Get Hip to Old Folks!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
4	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
5	The Tantalizing Troubles of the Tripod Thieves!	comic story	9.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Ralph Dibny, Sue Dearbon Dibny, The Elongated Man, Zatanna

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #439	1974	On eBay ›
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-25	1974	On eBay ›
JLA: Zatanna's Search #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0188-1	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1042-7; 1-4012-1042-2	2006	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Batman #2 ISBN 978-104012-1362-6	2007	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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