Volume: 36
Price: 0.20 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1972-05-30
Editing: Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); Carmine Infantino (credited) (publisher); Sol Harrison (credited) (production manager)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #425 Edit Cover
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The Stage Is Set for Murder!
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; superhero
  • Job Number:S-1218
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Death lurks in the wings, as Batman plays the starring role in... The Stage Is Set for Murder!
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #84.

The New Three-Wheel RRRumblers Are Here!
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Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page

The Stage Is Set... for Murder!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages

Script:
Denny O'Neil (credited)
William Shakespeare (credited) (additional dialogue)
Pencils:
Irv Novick (credited)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-1232
  • Feature Logo:Batman
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A summer night in Gotham Park.
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Del Sartre; Claire Foster; Barry Johnstone; Ezra Jimson; Tod Dunn
Reprints (7)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed]
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Honor House Products Novelties / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:S-1253

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Dan Recchia, Clem Robins, and Lori Mead.

Open-and-Shut Case!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Jason Bard / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Frank Robbins (credited)
Pencils:
Don Heck (credited)
Inks:
Don Heck (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • Job Number:S-1237
  • Feature Logo:Master Crime-File of Jason Bard
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gotham City -- tough, sprawling proving-ground of the "greats" on crime-fighting... The Batman -- Batgirl... now makes way for a new breed of fighter against the evil forces polluting the city's bloodstream!
  • Keywords:detective; first of series
Characters:
Jason Bard; Matthew Clay; Mordecai Zond
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

First entry in the series "[The] Master Crime-File of Jason Bard" appearing in odd-numbered issues of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 Series) 425 (July 1972) thru 435 (March 1973).

Roger's Super Skittle Bowl
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Aurora Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Write Right Now!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page

All DC Magazines Now Only 20¢!!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 11)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Task Force / Cannon Ball
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Cannon Ball; Task Force / advertisement / 1 page

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Dig These!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Stage Is Set for Murder!
    Batman
  2. The New Three-Wheel RRRumblers Are Here!
    Mattel Toys
  3. The Stage Is Set... for Murder!
    Batman
  4. ["If you think it just looks real, wait till you shoot it!"]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  5. ["What do these champions have in common... with you?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  6. [no title indexed]
    Honor House Products Novelties
  7. [no title indexed]
    Batman's Hot-Line
  8. Open-and-Shut Case!
    Jason Bard
  9. Roger's Super Skittle Bowl
    Aurora Products
  10. Write Right Now!
  11. ["Wanted -- The World's Most Dangerous Villians!!"]
    Direct Currents
  12. All DC Magazines Now Only 20¢!!
  13. Task Force / Cannon Ball
    Cannon Ball; Task Force
  14. The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  15. Dig These!
    Monogram Models
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