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430December 1972
$0.20

Detective Comics #430

DC · December 1972 · on sale 1972-10-26

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#430
Publication date
December 1972
Key date
1972-12-00
On-sale date
1972-10-26
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.20
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Clue of the False Faces!cover1pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman
1Clue of the False Faces!comic story15script: Frank Robbins; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Julie SchwartzBatman; Aldo Maxim; Pete Tanno
7-letters page1script: Julius Schwartz
8DC's Christmas Gift To You!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckBilly Batson [Shazam]
9The Haunted Studio Mystery!comic story8script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Ben OdaElongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; L. B. Warden

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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