CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #404

DC · Series began 1937 · October 1970

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Dates

Cover date: October 1970
On sale: August 27, 1970
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, Gil Kaneinks: Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Frank Giacoialetters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Ben Odascript: Denny O'Neil, Frank Robbins, Julius Schwartzcolors: Tatjana Wood

Stories

Ghost of the Killer Skies! · 15 pages
Enemy Ace look-alike involved in crime.
Midnight Doom-Boy · 7 pages

Publisher’s description

When murder breaks out on a World War I movie set devoted to the story of Rittmeister Hans von Hammer, the Enemy Ace, Batman investigates and finds a modern-day “von Hammer” devoted to keeping the original’s memory untarnished in his own eyes.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanBarbara GordonCommissioner James GordonBatgirlHans von HammerEnemy AceJason Bard

Reprinted in

Superman Supacomic (1959), Limited Collectors' Edition (1972), Batman (1977), The Super Heroes (1980), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), Batman (1989), Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (2003), Showcase Presents: Batman (2006), Showcase Presents: Batgirl (2007), Showcase Presents: Enemy Ace (2008), Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (2012), Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (2016), Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018), Batman by Neal Adams (2018)