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Issue: Detective Comics #446
Publication Date: April 1975
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Issues: #446 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/28/1975
Volume: 39
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #114.
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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
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Slaughter in Silver!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1922
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Batman and The Mummy

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mummy; Professor; Professor's daughter
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Slaughter in Silver

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Sterling Silversmith (intro); Louis Silversmith
First Line: That's the situation in the proverbial nutshell, Bruce!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Superband #3 published January 1978
as Der Killer in Silber [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #11/1980 published January 1980
as Sølvmannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #11/1980 published October 1980
as Mord i silver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #9 [Direct Sales] published January 1981
as Slaughter in Silver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-1891
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Sterling Silversmith returns in Detective Comics #495.
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Karate

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First Line: The total self-defense system
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Catch More Fish, Bigger Fish...or Your Money Back!

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First Line: Action fish lure swims by its own power!
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Zingers

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First Line: They're the heaviest, hairiest fistfuls of muscle ever!
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Gold Crown / Cannon Ball

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First Line: Now! All full scale battle games processed in 48 hours & shipped in handsome simulated book form only!
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Amazing World of DC Comics presents #4 - - Special Batman Issue

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Character(s): Batman; Joker; Two-Face; Robin
First Line: It's great - - and that's no joke! Ha-ha-ha-ha
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Disclose Notes: Subscription advertisement.
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Now You Can Get the Copies You've Missed

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First Line: Get your copy now - - while the limited supply lasts!
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DC Brings You 2 Super Special Spectaculars for 1975!

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The Entire World Wants this Man Dead -- Why?

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Claw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Claw the Unconquered (DC, 1975 series) #1 (May-June 1975), with interior art shown, and advertised as "Coming Your Way February 20th!" Located between story pages 10 and 11.
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Big Income Career in Accounting

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First Line: This fully automatic electric adding machine included when you train at home with us
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Fast Track to a Cool Job!

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First Line: Train at home to be a motorcycle mechanic
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Free! 40 Red China Stamps

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First Line: Save these valuable postage stamps now while they last!
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These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given To You!

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First Line: Coast-o-coast shortage of trained draftsmen opens thousands big salary jobs for beginners!
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The Mystery of the Flyaway Car!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Commissioner Emmett
First Line: Great Polaris! My car...rising into the air!
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In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1976 published March 1976
as En flyvende bil!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1976 published March 1976
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #7 published December 1976
as Über den Dächern von Central City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: S-1937
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Have you seen this coupon before?

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First Line: It has helped to start many men and women on the road to greater accomplishment
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From the World of One Million Years Ago!

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Genres: adventure, historical, prehistoric
Character(s): Tor
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Tor (DC, 1975 series) #1 (May-June 1975), with cover art shown, and advertised as "Coming Soon!" Located between story pages 4 and 5.
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[untitled]

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Job Number: S-1928
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Barry Short, Lynn Scharbow, Michael J. Forrester and John Heebink.
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132 PC Roman Soldiers Set

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First Line: Fight again the battles of the old Roman Civil War...
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Disclose Notes: Horizontal advertisement in a vertical page format.
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Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash the Easy Olympic Way!

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First Line: Free sales kit! Earn $1.00 a box!
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Make Money Get Prizes

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First Line: With fast selling American seeds
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Disclose Notes: Back cover advertisement.

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