Volume: 38
Price: 0.60 USD
Pages: 100
On-sale Date: 1974-05-30
Editing: Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (assistant editor); Carmine Infantino (credited) (publisher)
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Death Flies the Haunted Sky!
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jim Aparo (credited) (signed as AJ)
Inks:
Jim Aparo (credited) (signed as AJ)
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Eve Dancer; Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head shot); Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (head shot); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (head shot); The Guardian [Jim Harper] (head shot)
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #106.

[Karate]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page

Detective Comics / Contents
(Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Job Number:L-332
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Batman in "Death Flies the Haunted Sky!" -- page 4
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Death Flies the Haunted Sky
(Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils:
Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alex Toth)
Inks:
Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alex Toth)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:L-325
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Eve Dancer; Mason Terrell; Doug Garth; Rick Halstrom; Ben Dancer; Benjy Dancer
Reprints (11)

Indexer Notes

With due homage to Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, and Neal Adams.

The House Where Time Stood Still
(Table of Contents: 4)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Joe Simon (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (original credited editor)
Jack Schiff (original actual editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:N-464 ?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The old house huddles in its weed-grown yard... an enigma from the past...
Characters:
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Hector Presby; Julius Presby; August (villain, Nazi spy); Karl (villain, Nazi spy)
Synopsis:
Citizens are very concerned that the Presby brothers haven't been seen in over 25 years, so the boys and the Guardian investigate, only to learn that they locked themselves in their home to avoid contact with World War 1 and now World War 2. However, that plays right into the hands of a couple of Nazi spies who intend to use their home as a secret Nazi radio station to contact submarines.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Re-colored from the original printing in Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #21 (June 1943).

The Magic Mirror Mystery!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Hawkman / comic story / 10.67 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils:
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Inks:
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:N-465
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Do you like "locked room mysteries"-- in which a crime takes place that is "impossible"?
  • Keywords:Midway City; Midway City Museum
Characters:
Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Commissioner George Emmett; Robert Sorel; "Scoops" Handley; Harry Winsor; Pete
Synopsis:
Hawkman tricks a thief into confessing to an "impossible" robbery.
Reprints (1)

Coming Super-Attractions!
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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

The Huntress of the Highway!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Black Canary / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Sheldon Mayer (original editor, credited)
Julius Schwartz (original story editor, uncredited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:N-967
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The highway was haunted! How else could one explain the trucks that traveled on it... to nowhere!
  • Keywords:Franklin Turnpike; Gotham City
Characters:
Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Larry Lance (introduction, boyfriend, private detective)
Synopsis:
Black Canary must help Larry in his quest to discover why trucks keep disappearing on the Franklin Turnpike.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

1st solo appearance of the Black Canary.

The Robbery That Never Happened!
(Table of Contents: 8)

The Elongated Man / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:N-462
Characters:
Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Richard Bell
Reprints (1)

Rush This Coupon Now!
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Muscle Fighter IV / advertisement / 1 page

Vanishing Village!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:N-966
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Knuckles Donegan]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Knuckles Donegan (villain, introduction); Weasel (villain, introduction); Slick (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin are surprised to learn that an abandoned village in Florida, patterned after a Turkish village named Alhambra, has vanished, which is also the home of many a master criminal who has also disappeared.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-330
Characters:
Batman

Indexer Notes

Letter of comment from Antone Perry.

[Murder in Baranga Marsh]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Doctor Fate / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Howard Sherman (credited) (artist)
Inks:
Howard Sherman (credited) (artist)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (original editor, uncredited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:N-963
Characters:
Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Inza Kramer; Serge Roltavich; The Master (villain, introduction, death); Nasha (villain)
Synopsis:
A mad man invents a sound system that kills people at a distance and Dr. Fate sets out to halt the senseless murders that have already occurred.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Oddity: in the first few panels, Kent Nelson wears the golden cape of Dr. Fate.

Chapter 6: To Duel the Master
(Table of Contents: 13)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils:
Walter Simonson (credited)
Inks:
Walter Simonson (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Walter Simonson (titles and sound effects)
  • Genre:superhero; detective-mystery
  • Job Number:L-326
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Japan! Around the hot springs of the Matsue area, many resorts have grown since World War II.
  • Keywords:Japan
Characters:
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Christine St. Clair; The Council [Dr. Anatol Mykros; Asano Nitobe; Christine's father]
Synopsis:
Tracking Dr. Mykros back to Sanctuary, Manhunter must battle his teacher, Asano Nitobe.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Alan Kupperberg is the credited letterer of this story in Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), where this story is reprinted. The Simonson lettering credit is per Archie Goodwin on page 97 of Detective Comics #443 (October-November 1974).

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page

If You Want Your Dad To Give You a Daisy B-B Gun, Give Yourself This Free Booklet
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Death Flies the Haunted Sky!
    Batman
  2. [Karate]
  3. Detective Comics / Contents
  4. Death Flies the Haunted Sky
    Batman
  5. The House Where Time Stood Still
    The Newsboy Legion
  6. The Magic Mirror Mystery!
    Hawkman
  7. Coming Super-Attractions!
    Superman
  8. The Huntress of the Highway!
    Black Canary
  9. The Robbery That Never Happened!
    The Elongated Man
  10. Rush This Coupon Now!
    Muscle Fighter IV
  11. Vanishing Village!
    Batman and Robin
  12. ["Thanks to some scheduling changes, we're down to one page for letters this issue."]
    Batman's Hot-Line
  13. [Murder in Baranga Marsh]
    Doctor Fate
  14. Chapter 6: To Duel the Master
    Manhunter
  15. The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  16. If You Want Your Dad To Give You a Daisy B-B Gun, Give Yourself This Free Booklet
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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