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Issue: Detective Comics #457
Publication Date: March 1976
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Issues: #457 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: 12/30/1975
Volume: 40
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #125.
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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:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (head shot)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman Poche #6 published April 1977
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1977 published July 1977
as Slik ble Lynvingen forbryternes skrekk! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #8/1977 published July 1977
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Detective Comics 457 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2215
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Leslie Thompkins (introduction); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (one-page origin); Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (flashback)
Synopsis: Origin recap, fills in some more info on Crime Alley, the site of Bruce Wayne's parent's death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #40 published January 1976
as There Is No Hope in Crime Alley! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1977 published July 1977
as I forbrytersmuget fins det ikke noe håp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #8/1977 published July 1977
as Brottets gata! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1 published July 1984
as O Beco do Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderausgabe #5 published January 1985
as Straße des Verbrechens [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] published August 1988
as There Is No Hope in Crime Alley! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published December 1988
as There Is No Hope in Crime Alley! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1989
as There Is No Hope in Crime Alley! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team #1/1992 published January 1992
as Håll dig borta från Crime Alley! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Seventies #[nn] published February 1999
as There Is No Hope in Crime Alley! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-2177
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Austin backgrounds per info he provided in his interview in Back Issue #66 (August 2013).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2224
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Adam Castro, Tom Mitchell, Scott Jones, Dennis Burke, Geoffrey Peckman, Brian Scott and Fred Schneider.
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The Cup Cake Caper

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Justice for All Includes Children!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First of the series, not numbered.
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Make Way for the Elongated Woman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Elongated Woman [Sue Dibny]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1976 published September 1976
as Platz für die Elastofrau [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2149
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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