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Detective Comics #442

DC · Series began 1937 · August-September 1974

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Dates

Cover date: August-September 1974
On sale: May 30, 1974
Pages: 100

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Jim Aparo, Pat Broderick, Alex Toth, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson, Carmine Infantino, Jerry Robinson, Howard Sherman, Walter Simonsoninks: Jim Aparo, Pat Broderick, Alex Toth, Arturo Cazeneuve, Murphy Anderson, Frank Giacoia, Sid Greene, George Roussos, Howard Sherman, Walter Simonsoncolors: Tatjana Wood, Walter Simonsonletters: Gaspar Saladino, Alex Toth, Howard Ferguson, Ira Schnapp, Howard Sherman, Alan Kupperberg, Walter Simonsonscript: Archie Goodwin, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Gardner Fox, Robert Kanigher, Joe Samachsonediting: Whitney Ellsworth, Jack Schiff, Julius Schwartz, Sheldon Mayer

Stories

Death Flies the Haunted Sky · 11 pages
The House Where Time Stood Still · 12 pages
Citizens are very concerned that the Presby brothers haven't been seen in over 25 years, so the boys and the Guardian investigate, only to learn that they locked themselves in their home to avoid contact with World War 1 and now World War 2. However, that plays right into the hands of a couple of Nazi spies who intend to use their home as a secret Nazi radio station to contact submarines.
The Magic Mirror Mystery! · 10.67 pages
Hawkman tricks a thief into confessing to an "impossible" robbery.
The Huntress of the Highway! · 7 pages
Black Canary must help Larry in his quest to discover why trucks keep disappearing on the Franklin Turnpike.
The Robbery That Never Happened! · 9.67 pages
Vanishing Village! · 11 pages
Batman and Robin are surprised to learn that an abandoned village in Florida, patterned after a Turkish village named Alhambra, has vanished, which is also the home of many a master criminal who has also disappeared.
Murder in Baranga Marsh · 10 pages
A mad man invents a sound system that kills people at a distance and Dr. Fate sets out to halt the senseless murders that have already occurred.
Chapter 6: To Duel the Master · 9 pages
Tracking Dr. Mykros back to Sanctuary, Manhunter must battle his teacher, Asano Nitobe.

Reprinted in

Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin (2013), Manhunter (1984), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), Batman in the Seventies (1999), Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014), Manhunter by Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson: The Deluxe Edition (2021)