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Detective Comics #424

DC · Series began 1937 · June 1972

Dates

Cover date
June 1972
On sale
April 27, 1972
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Bob Brown, Don Heck, Alex Toth, Howard Purcellinks: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Dick Giordano, Don Heck, Alex Toth, Ray Burnleyletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Odascript: Frank Robbins, Joe Millard, Julius Schwartz

Stories

  • Double-Cross--Fire! · 14 pages
  • Batgirl's Last Case · 8 pages

    Barbara elected to Congress.

  • Case of the Teetering Tower! · 8 pages
  • The Cop Who "Shot" 1,000 Crooks · 6 pages

Publisher’s description

An innocent bystander at a bank robbery appears to be killed by “accident” from a guard’s gunshot, but Batman learns that the killing was no accident.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanBarbara GordonCommissioner James GordonBatgirlJason Bard

Reprinted in

Superman Supacomic (1959), The Batman Family (1975), Lois Lane Comic (1975), Batman Album (1976), Showcase Presents: Batman (2006), Showcase Presents: Batgirl (2007), Batgirl: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2011), Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years (2017), Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.

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