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Detective Comics #438

DC · Series began 1937 · December 1973-January 1974

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Damon Nostrand (DC, INTERPOL officer) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date
December 1973-January 1974
On sale
September 27, 1973
Pages
100

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Charles Roman, Jim Aparo, Gil Kane, Nick Cardy, Joe Kubert, Sheldon Moldoff, Bernie Wrightson, Ross Andru, Walter Simonsoninks: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Charles Roman, Jim Aparo, Sid Greene, Nick Cardy, Joe Kubert, Joe Giella, Walter Simonsoncolors: Tatjana Woodletters: Gaspar Saladino, Jim Aparo, Walter Simonson, Joe Letteresescript: Charles Roman, Archie Goodwin, Gardner Fox, Bill Fingerediting: Julius Schwartz, E. Nelson Bridwell

Stories

  • A Monster Walks Wayne Manor! · 12 pages

    At the unused Wayne Manor, Batman goes up against an obsessed Swiss scientist who desperately needs to study Ra's al Ghul's demented henchman Ubu, to mine the secrets of a Lazarus Pit.

  • World of the Magic Atom! · 23.84 pages

    Atom helps Zatanna search for her father in a sub-atomic world ruled by the Druid.

  • The Men Who Moved the World! · 12.67 pages

    The Hawks fight three aliens who are trying to move the Earth out of its orbit

  • Gotham Gang Line-Up! · 14.34 pages

    Alfred is apparently killed when rescuing Batman and Robin. Dick's aunt, Aunt Harriet, arrives to take care of the two "helpless boys".

  • The House That Fought Green Lantern! · 10 pages

    Green Lantern pursues a fleeing criminal to a deserted house which has been rigged to seem haunted.

  • Chapter Two: The Manhunter File · 8 pages

    Christine St. Clair shows her current file on Manhunter to her boss, Damon Nostrand. She fills him in on the fact that some of the bodies of the men that Paul Kirk has eliminated have his face and fingerprints, and all end up being stolen from the morgues by unknown parties. Christine learns that Kirk is a master of an ancient Japanese fighting discipline called Ninjutsu, and that Kirk must also have some kind of rapid healing abilities. After Christine leaves Nostrand's office, he burns up the files.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinHal JordanGreen LanternCommissioner James GordonAlfred PennyworthKatar HolHawkmanZatannaRay PalmerThe AtomShayera ThalHawkgirlZataraShiera SandersPaul KirkManhunterHarriet CooperChristine St. ClairThe DruidDamon Nostrand

Reprinted in

Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin (2013), Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (1965), Manhunter (1984), Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (2012), Manhunter by Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson: The Deluxe Edition (2021)

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