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Issue: Detective Comics #473
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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: 08/25/1977
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046511
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. On-sale date of August 24 in Comic Reader #146.
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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.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (as shadow)
Reprinting
FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Detective Comics 473 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-2714
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Malay Penguin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Silver St. Cloud; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Bell; Professor Hugo Strange (ghost)
Though it seems that the Penguin has designs on the statue The Malay Penguin, Batman decodes the clues the villain drops and puts a stop to his real plot.
Reprinting
FlagBatman Album #43 published January 1977
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Taschenbuch #2 published January 1978
as Der Malaiische Pinguin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Pocketbook #2 published January 1978
as The Malay Penguin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #4/1980 published January 1980
as Den malayiske pingvin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #4/1980 published March 1980
as Pingvinstatyn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #14 [Direct Sales] published July 1981
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShadow of the Batman #3 published February 1986
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2 published July 1992
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2 published July 1992
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as The Malay Penguin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint
 
Miscellaneous
17
S-2681
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Cooky La Moo on Broadway

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor; Cooky La Moo poster; bystanders
Steve crosses wires on an electric Cooky La Moo poster, causing it to come alive and go berserk, but Wonder Woman and Steve calm it with her lasso and Hostess Twinkies.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Cooky refers to Steve as "Steve Howard."
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-2722
Letters of comment from Ken Erdely, Rick Peterson, Peter Sanderson, Scott Gibson and Ann Nichols.
Volume 77 Issue 34 - Week of August 22, 1977

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Secret Society of Super-Villains
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Information on Secret Society of Super-Villains Special, Action Comics #477, comics on sale the week of August 29th and Ask the Answer Man questions from Michael Sajkowicz, Vincent Alford and Eddie Hankins.

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