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Issue: Detective Comics #472
Publication Date: September 1977
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Issues: #472 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: 06/30/1977
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046509
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. On-sale date of June 28 in Comic Reader #144.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #2 published January 1986
as Detective Comics #472 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2671
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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I Am the Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hugo Strange (villain; in Batman costume); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bruce Wayne [Batman] (not in costume); Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Rupert Thorne; Penguin; Joker
Synopsis: Hugo Strange, who has taken over Bruce Wayne's life, offers to sell the Batman's secret identity to the highest bidder. But Boss Thorne doesn't want to play that game, and tries to beat the information out of Strange. Meanwhile, Silver, who suspects something is wrong with "Bruce," summons Dick Grayson, who as Robin, rescues Batman from Strange's captivity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #43 published January 1977
as I Am the Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Pocketbook #2 published January 1978
as I Am the Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #2 published January 1978
as Ich bin Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1980 published January 1980
as Nå er jeg Lynvingen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #3/1980 published February 1980
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #2 published January 1986
as I Am the Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as I Am the Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2655
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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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: 1
Job Number: S-2678
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Greg Potter, Jane B. Nixon, Paul Zuckerman, Paul Michael Kuls, K.K. Jameson and Jeffrey Lowndes. Has The Great Superman Movie Contest K banner at bottom of page.
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Volume 77 Issue 26 - Week of June 27, 1977

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Justice League of America; Justice Society of America; Legion of Super-Heroes
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on Justice League of America #147, Secrets of Haunted House #8, comic on sale the week of July 4th and Ask the Answer Man questions from Dale Yven, John Jordaens and Jan Goldberg.

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