Detective Comics #349 for Sale - First Appearance of Blockbuster - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue: #349
Publication date: March 1966
Key date: 1966-03-00
On-sale date: 1966-01-27
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Blockbuster - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mark Desmond - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!	cover	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Blockbuster First, Mark Desmond First, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
1	Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
2	The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!	comic story	13.34	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, Blockbuster First, Mark Desmond First, Dick Grayson, The Outsider, Alfred Pennyworth, Robin, Bruce Wayne
3	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
5	Painting a Model Car! Part 1	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
7	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
8	The 13 O'Clock Robbery!	comic story	9.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Batman Family #9	1977	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1042-7; 1-4012-1042-2	2006	On eBay ›
Batman in the Sixties #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-491-2	1999	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Batman #2 ISBN 978-104012-1362-6	2007	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4755-3	2014	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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