Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #433

Volume: 37

Price: 0.20 USD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1973-01-30

Editing: Julius Schwartz

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The Killer in the Smog!

(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Dick Giordano
Inks:	Dick Giordano
Colors:	?
Letters:	Gaspar Saladino

Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Job Number:S-1429

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Batman challenges the reader to guess who is...

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; the Hacker; Jason Bard

Reprints (4)

in الوطواط [Al-Watwat / The Batman] (المطبوعات المصورة [Al-Matbouat Al-Mousawwara / Illustrated Publications], 1966 series) #105
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #53 (1974)
in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1974 ([august] 1974)
in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #9/1974 ([1974-09-dd])

Indexer Notes

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

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: DC [circle]
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #92.

Killer in the Smog!

(Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 14.67 pages

Script:	Frank Robbins (credited)
Pencils:	Dick Dillin (credited)
Inks:	Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Ben Oda

Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Job Number:S-1388

First Line of Dialogue or Text:A menace as elusive as drifting smog... as deadly as choking pollution... strangles Gotham and the mighty Batman!
Keywords:strangler

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ben Milgrom (sports equipment manufacturer); Clyde Wilson (umpire); Commissioner James Gordon; the Hacker (killer); James "Jamie" Corwin (lawyer); Patti Dalton (Walter Holt's fiancée, heiress); Rick Manton (social-climber); "Squeeze" Chapin (loan shark); Walter Holt (millionaire, mentioned but does not appear)

Reprints (6)

in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #53 (1974)
in Batman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1974 series) #1 (1974)
in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #9 (2ème trimestre 1974) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1974 ([august] 1974)
in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #9/1974 ([1974-09-dd])
in Batman Annual (Egmont UK, 1979 series) #1979 (1979)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records provided by DC Comics. The last page is 2/3 of a page.

Super Bodybuilding Course

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Universal Bodybuilding Program / advertisement / 1 page

How to Put Your Hands to Work Making Money

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ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page

Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is!

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Gandalf Products Novelties / advertisement / 1 page

Now! Train at Home to Be a Veterinary Assistant

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North American School of Animal Sciences / advertisement / 0.5 page

[Novelty ads]

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American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page

Biggest Bargain in Comics

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DC 100 Page Super Spectacular / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Gigantic Book Bargain Page

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Book Bargain Page / advertisement / 0.5 page

Coming Batman Attractions!

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.3 page

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 10)

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 0.67 page

Script:	Julius Schwartz
Letters:	typeset

Job Number:S-1432

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Mike W. Barr, Joe Rusnak and Gerard Triano.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685, Title 39, United States Code)

(Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Script:	Bernard Kashdan (business manager)
Letters:	typeset

Indexer Notes

Average number of copies per issue during the previous year: 158,638.

The Case of the Forged Face!

(Table of Contents: 12)

Jason Bard / comic story / 8 pages

Script:	Frank Robbins (credited)
Pencils:	Don Heck (credited)
Inks:	Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Ben Oda

Genre:detective-mystery
Job Number:S-1373

Feature Logo:Master Crime-File of Jason Bard
First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gotham's busy airport -- gateway of hope to some...dismay and perplexity to others! Especially to puzzled private investigator, Jason Bard...
Keywords:detective; mystery

Characters:

Jason Bard; Commissioner James Gordon; Mayor of Gotham; Senator Townes; Tompkins (nurse); Wilbur Holly (mob hit-man)

Reprints (4)

in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #53 (1974)
in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1974 ([august] 1974)
in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #9/1974 ([1974-09-dd])
in Batman Bimestriel (Sage - Sagédition, 1975 series) #7 (avril-mai 1976) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]

Indexer Notes

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

The Killer in the Smog! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Killer in the Smog! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 14.67 pages

Indexer Notes

Super Bodybuilding Course (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Universal Bodybuilding Program / advertisement / 1 page

How to Put Your Hands to Work Making Money (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page

Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Gandalf Products Novelties / advertisement / 1 page

Now! Train at Home to Be a Veterinary Assistant (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

North American School of Animal Sciences / advertisement / 0.5 page

[Novelty ads] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page

Biggest Bargain in Comics (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

DC 100 Page Super Spectacular / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Gigantic Book Bargain Page (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Book Bargain Page / advertisement / 0.5 page

Coming Batman Attractions! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.3 page

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

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 0.67 page

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685, Title 39, United States Code) (Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Indexer Notes

The Case of the Forged Face! (Table of Contents: 12)

Jason Bard / comic story / 8 pages

Indexer Notes

Aurora AFX (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page

Now! All Full Scale Battle Games Processed in 48 hours (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Gold Crown / advertisement / 1 page

These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page

Revolutionary War Soldiers (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page

Prizes or Cash (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page

Make Money Get Prizes (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

The Killer in the Smog!

(Table of Contents)

Killer in the Smog!

(Table of Contents: 1)

Super Bodybuilding Course

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

How to Put Your Hands to Work Making Money

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Now! Train at Home to Be a Veterinary Assistant

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

[Novelty ads]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Biggest Bargain in Comics

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Gigantic Book Bargain Page

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Coming Batman Attractions!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 10)

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685, Title 39, United States Code)

(Table of Contents: 11)

The Case of the Forged Face!

(Table of Contents: 12)

Aurora AFX

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Now! All Full Scale Battle Games Processed in 48 hours

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Revolutionary War Soldiers

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Prizes or Cash

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Make Money Get Prizes

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)