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Publishers / DC / Detective Comics (1937) / #603
603August 1989
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP

Detective Comics #603

DC · August 1989 · on sale July 6, 1989

1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#603
Publication date
August 1989
Key date
August 1989
On-sale date
July 6, 1989
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Norm BreyfogleBatman [Bruce Wayne]; The Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]
1Tulpa, Part 3: When Demons Clash!comic story22script: Alan Grant; pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Steve Mitchell; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd KleinBatman [Bruce Wayne]; The Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Mahakala (death); Lieutenant Stan Kitch; unnamed police officer (Kitch's driver); Rafe Kellogg; Cecil; Randu Singh; Belial (flashback); Glenda Mark (flashback); Harry Matthews (flashback)
3-letters page2letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 07098930465908

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-5898-6		2015On eBay ›
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #4
ISBN 978-1-77950-749-5		2021On eBay ›

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Series context

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