Detective Comics #517 (1982) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Todd Klein	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth
2	The Monster in the Mirror	comic story	18	script: Gerry Conway, Paul Levitz; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Tony DeZuniga; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Annette Kawecki	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Olivia Ortega; Boss Rupert Thorne; Vicki Vale
7	Life Savers®	activity	1	letters: typeset
9	A Tale of Two Serpents!	comic story	8	script: Cary Burkett; pencils: José Delbo; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Ziuko; letters: Janice Chiang	Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Lady Viper; Shamrock; Faith; Charlie Trainer

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0709893046508

Collection	Year
Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3101-9	2011	On eBay ›
Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8841-9	2019	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-9273-7	2019	On eBay ›

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