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Issue: Detective Comics #471
Publication Date: August 1977
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Issues: #471 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/31/1977
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046508
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. Same on-sale date also in Comic Reader #143.
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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 Reprinted In8
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hugo Strange
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #2 published January 1986
as Detective Comics #471 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2642
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Dead Yet Live

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Hugo Strange (villain); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Rupert Thorne; Marko; Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Joe Chill (in dream); Martha Wayne (in dream); Thomas Wayne (in dream)
Synopsis: Bruce Wayne checks into the private hospital Graytowers to recover from injuries he sustained fighting Dr. Phosphorus, but he soon discovers that Hugo Strange is using the facility to turn the rich and influential patients into his mindless slaves. When Strange sics a venomous snake on Batman, which knocks the hero out, Strange uncovers Batman's secret identity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #43 published January 1977
as The Dead Yet Live [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Pocketbook #2 published January 1978
as The Dead Yet Live [Story on Interior Page(s)]Two pages cut.
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #2 published January 1978
as Das Grauen von Gray-Tower [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #2/1980 published January 1980
as Den døde lever [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #2/1980 published January 1980
as Den levande döde [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #2 published January 1986
as The Dead Yet Live [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as The Dead Yet Live [Story on Interior Page(s)]as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2653
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Return of Dr. Hugo Strange, also in 472. He sporadically cameos in the next few issues as a ghost.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-2650
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Gerald Duet, Adam Castro, Rod McLaughlin, Kevin J. Dooley and Mark Briefman.
Has The Great Superman Movie Contest N banner at bottom of second page.

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