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425July 1972
$0.20

Detective Comics #425

DC · July 1972 · on sale 1972-05-30

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#425
Publication date
July 1972
Key date
1972-07-00
On-sale date
1972-05-30
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.20
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Stage Is Set for Murder!cover1pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman [Bruce Wayne]
2The Stage Is Set... for Murder!comic story15script: Denny O'Neil, William Shakespeare; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Milt SnapinnBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Del Sartre; Claire Foster; Barry Johnstone; Ezra Jimson; Tod Dunn
6-letters page1script: Julius Schwartz
7Open-and-Shut Case!comic story9script: Frank Robbins; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; letters: Milt SnapinnJason Bard; Matthew Clay; Mordecai Zond
10-in-house column0.5letters: typeset
11All DC Magazines Now Only 20ยข!!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: Carmine Infantino

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Showcase Presents: Batman #6
ISBN 978-1-4012-5153-6
2016On eBay ›

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