CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #800

DC · Series began 1937 · January 2005

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Dates

Cover date: January 2005
On sale: November 3, 2004
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #800 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct Sales

Barcode 76194120019480011
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098930465901
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Creators

pencils: Jock, Pete Woods, David Lapham, Marcos Martíninks: Jock, Cam Smith, Drew Geraci, David Lapham, Marcos Martíncolors: Jock, Jason Wrightletters: Todd Klein, Phil Balsmanscript: Andersen Gabrych, David Lapham

Stories

Alone at Night · 30 pages
Barbara and James Gordon decide to leave Gotham. With Dick Grayson injured and Stephanie Brown deceased, Batman is alone and without allies, with the possible exception of Catwoman. Black Mask, with his top henchman Mad Hatter, has taken over crime in Gotham.
In the Dark · 8 pages
Amidst the murder and chaos that is Gotham, Batman saves a young boy’s life.

Reprinted in

Batman: City of Crime (2006), Batman: War Games (2015), Batman: City of Crime - The Deluxe Edition (2020)