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Issue: Detective Comics #440
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [block]View Brand Images
On Sale Date: 01/29/1974
Volume: 38
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #103.
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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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
Ghost Mountain Midnight!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head shot); Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (head shot); Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (head shot); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (head shot)
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #21/1974 published October 1974
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagLäderlappen #1/1975 published January 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagLynvingen #1/1975 published January 1975
as Marerittet [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
L-286
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
L-295
Ghost Mountain Midnight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #21/1974 published October 1974
as Geisterberg um Mitternacht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #1/1975 published January 1975
as Mardrömmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #1/1975 published January 1975
as Marerittet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
L-285
Cobras of the Deep!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
Reprinting
FlagAdventure Comics #79 published October 1942
was Manhunter Battles the Cobras of the Deep [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
N-825
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (logo illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
Dear Archie: I have read every issue...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
L-297
Letters of comment from T. E. Pouncey, Brian Patton, Steve Beery, Eric Promislow and Christopher Melchert.
The Fear That Haunted Hawkman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]
Reprinting
FlagHawkman #3 published August 1964
was The Fear That Haunted Hawkman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14.34
N-823
Story in two parts of 7.67 and 6.67 pages.
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Between pages 12 and 13 of Hawkman story.

average # copies per issue, previous year - 153,942
A Million-Dollar Corpse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; The Undertaker (villain)
Reprinting
FlagFeature Comics #123 published June 1948
was A Million Dollar Corpse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
N-824
Too Many Suspects!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Del Lupin (ex-convict)
Reprinting
FlagGreen Lantern #37 published March 1949
was Too Many Suspects! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
N-826
Inside Story of the Outsider!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Grasshopper Gang; Aunt Harriet
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #356 published October 1966
was Inside Story of the Outsider! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14.67
N-822
Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 7 pages.

Final Outsider story. Alfred returns to life.

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Chapter 4: Rebellion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Christine St. Clair; Damon Nostrand; Asano Nitobe; Kolu Mbeya
Origin of the Manhunters (but, not the ones created by the Guardians of the Universe).
Reprinting
FlagGigant #2/1975 published January 1975
as Kapitel 4 Rebellen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagManhunter #1 published May 1984
as Rebellion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagManhunter: The Special Edition #[nn] published September 1999
as Rebellion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
L-289
Alan Kupperberg is the credited letterer of this story in Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), where this story is reprinted. The Simonson lettering credit is per Archie Goodwin on page 97 of Detective Comics #443 (October-November 1974).

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