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437October-November 1973
$0.20

Detective Comics #437

DC · October-November 1973 · on sale 1973-07-31

First appearance: Christine St. ClairAward on record
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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#437
Publication date
October-November 1973
Key date
1973-10-00
On-sale date
1973-07-31
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.20
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Christine St. Clair - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

On the record: Shazam Award - Best Individual Short Story (Dramatic) (1973).

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Deathmask!cover1pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman, Bruce Wayne
2Deathmask!comic story12script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; letters: Jim AparoBatman, Commissioner James Gordon, Bruce Wayne
9Metropolis, Illinoisin-house column1script: Paul Levitz
10Chapter 1: The Himalayan Incidentcomic story8script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Simonson; inks: Simonson; letters: Ben Oda, Walter SimonsonPaul Kirk, Manhunter, Christine St. Clair First
12Just Put an X Next to the Comics You Want!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: ? (ad copy); letters: ?; typeset
13The New DC King-Size Collector's Series !…promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe KubertJohn Clayton, Tarzan
14Iron-Wolfpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Howard Chaykin; inks: Howard Chaykin
15Superman the Man of Steel - World's Greatest Comics Hero Appears in…promo (ad from the publisher)0.33script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset
16The Biggest Bargain in Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)0.34pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
18-letters page1script: Archie Goodwin

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Dynamic Classics #11978On eBay ›
Manhunter #11984On eBay ›
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0930-289-35-8		1988On eBay ›
Manhunter: The Special Edition #[nn]
ISBN 1-56389-374-6		1999On eBay ›
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1]
ISBN 0930289-39-0; 978-0930289393		1989On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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