CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #475

DC · Series began 1937 · February 1978

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Dates

Cover date: February 1978
On sale: November 29, 1977
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #475 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition35¢ cover

Barcode 0709893046502 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0709893046502 · shared with another edition
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Facsimile reprints exist

Detective Comics 475 (Facsimile Edition) (2020). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Marshall Rogers, Curt Swaninks: Terry Austin, Vince Collettacolors: Tatjana Wood, Jerry Serpeletters: John Workman, Ben Odascript: Steve Englehart, Bob Rozakis

Stories

The Laughing Fish! · 17 pages
The Joker gives fish everywhere his face, then tries to claim copyright to his image. And he will kill anyone who gets in the way of his plan.

Reprinted in

Shadow of the Batman (1985), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989), Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1990), The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008), Legends of the Dark Knight: Marshall Rogers (2011), The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014), Batman vs. The Joker (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) (2019), The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019), Detective Comics 475 (Facsimile Edition) (2020), The Joker: 80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime: The Deluxe Edition (2020)