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Detective Comics #414

DC · Series began 1937 · August 1971

Dates

Cover date
August 1971
On sale
June 29, 1971
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, Irv Novick, Don Heck, Alex Toth, Carmine Infantinoinks: Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Don Heck, Sy Barry, Carmine Infantinoletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanzascript: Denny O'Neil, Julius Schwartz, Frank Robbins, Carmine Infantino, David Vern, Gardner Foxediting: Julius Schwartz

Stories

  • Legend of the Key Hook Lighthouse! · 15 pages
  • Invitation to Murder! · 7 pages
  • Dear Fans · National Periodical Publications, Inc. · 0.5 pages
  • The Australian Code Mystery · 10 pages
  • Private Eye of Venus! · 6 pages

Publisher’s description

Batman tangles with a mob of gun-runners for a dictator and receives help from two low-level crooks and a ghost. On the night of their first anniversary, Jason Bard takes Barbara Gordon to go see the play Invitation to Murder, but the two are shocked to find that they are the only people in the audience. After spotting a rifle aimed to shoot one of the actors, Jason stops the gunman but is knocked out.

Reprinted in

Superman Supacomic (1959), The Super Heroes (1980), Showcase Presents: Batman (2006), Showcase Presents: Batgirl (2007), Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018)

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