Volume: 37
Price: 0.20 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1973-07-31
Editing: Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #437 Edit Cover
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Deathmask!
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jim Aparo (signed as JA)
Inks:
Jim Aparo (signed as JA)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (8)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #98.

[no title indexed]
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Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery / advertisement / 1 page

Deathmask!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks:
Jim Aparo (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:L-211
Characters:
Judd Thaxton (first appearance, death); Austin Spires (first appearance, death); Marcus Wingate (first appearance, death).
Synopsis:
Batman finds himself seemingly pitted against the preternaturally powered Matuchima, the lost tribe of Xochipecs' god of death, soon after the tribe's deathmask is found and brought to the Gotham Museum.
Reprints (12)

[no title indexed]
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Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page

New Sew-On 4" Patches
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Add-A-Patch Emblems & Patches / advertisement / 0.5 page

Reward $11,750.00 for This Coin!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page

Task Force / Tank Trap
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Tank Trap; Task Force / advertisement / 1 page

The Day Bill Told Off His Boss
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons] / advertisement / 1 page

They're Back!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 1 page

Metropolis, Illinois
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World / in-house column / 1 page

Chapter 1: The Himalayan Incident
(Table of Contents: 10)

Manhunter / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
Walter Simonson (titles and sound effects)
  • Genre:superhero; detective-mystery
  • Job Number:L-212
Characters:
Dharmata
Synopsis:
Christine St. Clair, an INTERPOL agent, searches for the elusive Manhunter in Nepal.
Awards:
Reprints (10)

Indexer Notes

Manhunter revealed as Paul Kirk (Manhunter of the 1940's Adventure Comics run).

[no title indexed]
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Sunshine Art Studios Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page

Just Put an X Next to the Comics You Want!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The New DC King-Size Collector's Series !…
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Tarzan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Iron-Wolf
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Ironwolf / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Superman the Man of Steel - World's Greatest Comics Hero Appears in…
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

The Biggest Bargain in Comics!
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The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Locksmithing Institute Training Course / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script:
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-232

Indexer Notes

Comments from new editor Archie Goodwin.

[no title indexed]
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ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page

Famous Name Prizes or Cash
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 20)

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Raleigh Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Deathmask!
    Batman
  2. ["Easy to sell"]
    Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery
  3. Deathmask!
    Batman
  4. ["Peter Revson drives this car."]
    Aurora Products
  5. New Sew-On 4" Patches
    Add-A-Patch Emblems & Patches
  6. Reward $11,750.00 for This Coin!
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  7. Task Force / Tank Trap
    Tank Trap; Task Force
  8. The Day Bill Told Off His Boss
    Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons]
  9. They're Back!
  10. Metropolis, Illinois
    Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World
  11. Chapter 1: The Himalayan Incident
    Manhunter
  12. ["Pass this test and you may earn $300."]
    Sunshine Art Studios Greeting Cards
  13. Just Put an X Next to the Comics You Want!
  14. The New DC King-Size Collector's Series !…
    Tarzan
  15. Iron-Wolf
    Ironwolf
  16. Superman the Man of Steel - World's Greatest Comics Hero Appears in…
    Superman
  17. The Biggest Bargain in Comics!
    The Flash
  18. ["How Joe solved his 'security problem'!"]
    Locksmithing Institute Training Course
  19. [no title indexed]
    Batman's Hot-Line
  20. ["If you've ever said... 'There must be a better way to earn a living...'"]
    ICS / International Correspondence Schools
  21. Famous Name Prizes or Cash
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  22. ["One for roads."]
    Raleigh Bicycles
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