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Detective Comics #532

DC · Series began 1937 · November 1983

Dates

Cover date
November 1983
On sale
August 2, 1983
Pages
36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #532 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition60¢ cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

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  • Newsstand edition60¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893046511 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

    Barcode 0709893046511 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Gene Colan, José Luis García-López, Adrian Gonzales, Jerome Mooreinks: Dick Giordano, Bob Smith, Sal Trapanicolors: Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Roy, Nansi Hoolahanscript: Doug Moench, Joey Cavalieri, Dick Giordanoletters: Ben Oda, Bob Lappan

Stories

  • Laugh, Killer, Laugh! · 16 pages
  • Survival of the Fittest III: Soft Targets! · 7 pages

Publisher’s description

Vicki Vale is tied to the train tracks in Joker's amusement park from hell. Can the Caped Crusader free himself in time to save the woman he loves from a horrible fate?

Reprinted in

Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan (2011), The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019)

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