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545December 1984
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP

Detective Comics #545

DC · December 1984 · on sale 1984-09-04

First appearance: Vengeance2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#545
Publication date
December 1984
Key date
1984-12-00
On-sale date
1984-09-04
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Vengeance - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Batman Feared Dead!cover1pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman, Anton Knight, The Night-Slayer, Bruce Wayne
1By Darkness Maskedcomic story16script: Doug Moench; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben OdaBatman, Lucius Fox, Sturges Hellstrom, Anton Knight, Natalia Knight, The Night-Slayer, Nightshade, Nocturna, Bruce Wayne
2-letters page1script: Bob Greenberger; pencils: José Luis García-López
3It's No Fair III: Fair Raidcomic story7script: Joey Cavalieri; pencils: Shawn McManus; inks: Shawn McManus; colors: Jeanine Casey; letters: Adam KubertBad Penny, Green Arrow, Oliver Queen, Vengeance First
4-in-house column1script: Sal Amendola, Dick Giordano

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893046512
Canadianprice 0.95 CAD; barcode 0709893046512

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Series context

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Sources

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