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Detective Comics #419

DC · Series began 1937 · January 1972

Dates

Cover date
January 1972
On sale
November 30, 1971
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, Irv Novick, Don Heck, Ruben Moreira, Nick Cardyinks: Dick Giordano, Don Heck, Ruben Moreira, Nick Cardyletters: Gaspar Saladinoscript: Denny O'Neil, Frank Robbins, Julius Schwartz, Jack Miller

Stories

  • Secret of the Slaying Statues! · 17 pages
  • Long Live the Kingpin! · 8 pages
  • The Return of Ben Franklin! · 6 pages
  • The Human Target · 6 pages

Publisher’s description

A small-time thug’s corpse is found weighted down by golden Batman statues in Gotham’s East River. Batman’s investigation leads him to Erin Hill, Gotham’s largest Irish settlement, which is in the midst of a carnival called St. Brigid’s. The Dark Knight also meets a man named Liam McCourt and finds a booth selling golden Batman statues similar to the ones found on the corpse’s body earlier. A man promises to take Batman to the one responsible for making the statues, but instead leads the Caped Crusader into a trap.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanBarbara GordonCommissioner James GordonBatgirlJason Bard

Reprinted in

Superman Supacomic (1959), Bumper Batcomic (1976), Showcase Presents: Batman (2006), Showcase Presents: Batgirl (2007), Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018)

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