Detective Comics #398 (1970) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Poison Pen Puzzle	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman
1	The Poison-Pen Puzzle!	comic story	14.17	script: Frank Robbins; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Joe Giella; letters: John Costanza	Batman; Maxine Melanie; Loren Melburn; Dorian Spence; Rod Drake
2	Fingerprint Facts	comic story	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
3	-	letters page	2	script: Julius Schwartz
4	Moon-Struck	comic story	7.67	script: Frank Robbins; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: John Costanza	Robin [Dick Grayson]; Herb Stroud; Trudi; Professor Zukov

Collection	Year
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 ISBN 1-4012-0269-1	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1676-4	2008	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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