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Issue: Detective Comics #858

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Publication Date: December 2009

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Issues: #858 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 44

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UPC/EAN: 72527430465358

Price: $4.75 CAD
$3.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover; color interior

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy

Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Detective Comics #858 [Direct Sales]

2 Detective Comics #858 [Adam Hughes Cover]

Detective Comics #858 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (4 total)

Twenty Years Ago

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Kate Kane; Question [Renee Montoya] (inset)

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Pages: 1

Go, Part 1

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batwoman [Kate Kane] (origin); Colonel Jake Kane; Commissioner James Gordon; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Major General Frances Lombardo; Beth Kane (flashback); Gabi Kane (flashback; death)

Synopsis: Batwoman's origin is revealed as she flashes back to her early family life, and the time she spent with her twin sister.

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Pages: 20

Pipeline, Chapter One / Part Five

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Question [Renee Montoya]; Tot [Aristotle Rodor] (voice only); Hector Soliz; Louisa Soliz

Synopsis: The Question rescues Hector's sister.

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Pages: 10

DC Nation [189]: "As it is my turn, honor and duty to deliver a memorable DC Nation"

In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Simona

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Starman

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Pages: 1

Notes: The author discusses projects for Starman and Catwoman, using French and Italian. Appears on page 42 in this issue. Here are the official translations, from DC's The Source blog (http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2009/10/30/dc-nation-international-martores-message-revealed/):
TRANSLATION: Do you have a multilingual dictionary with you? Very good! Let's begin, then. I will start writing in French, which is the most beautiful language in the world. What I'd like to do is to tell you something about a night, the darkest of them all, when some black rings caused hell in the heroes' world. Once upon a time, there was a superhero named Starman. After his death, he came back several times under different names. I am very happy to announce that one of his incarnations is coming back, but this time, he will do something strange and terrifying! Our superhero will behave in a peculiar manner and will have an interesting encounter with an old, Irish friend and another character who’s very dark in his own way. This new Starman episode will be written by the magic hand of James Robinson.
TRANSLATION: And what about Italian? Do you speak it better than I do? Perhaps. However, as it's my mother tongue, I feel obliged to honor the country of spaghetti and Roman emperors and to annoy you even further by writing something in a language that probably sounds like Latin gibberish to many [of] you. Let's start then. Speaking of blackest nights again…I am always very excited at the idea of reading a story that has a solid and original plot, and I think that this time I am dealing with something like that. In fact, a new adventure featuring Catwoman, associated somehow to a "dark night" and written by Fabian Nicieza, is going to be presented to you very soon. This time, our favorite feline will have to face an old enemy who is known for his passion for artifacts generally used ornamentally.