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457March 1976
$0.30

Detective Comics #457

DC · March 1976 · on sale 1975-12-30

First appearance: Leslie ThompkinsOrigin: Batman
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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#457
Publication date
March 1976
Key date
1976-03-00
On-sale date
1975-12-30
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.30
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

Origin story on record for: Batman.

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
0-cover1pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana WoodBatman, Joe Chill, Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man, Bruce Wayne, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne
1There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!comic story12script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano, Terry Austin; letters: Ben OdaBatman Origin, Joe Chill, Alfred Pennyworth, Leslie Thompkins First, Bruce Wayne, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne
2-letters page1script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson
4Justice for All Includes Children!public service announcement1pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: John Workman
5Make Way for the Elongated Woman!comic story6script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Milt SnapinnRalph Dibny, Sue Dearbon Dibny, The Elongated Man

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0930-289-35-8		1988On eBay ›
The Batman Gallery #11992On eBay ›
Batman in the Seventies #[nn]
ISBN 1-56389-565-X		2000On eBay ›
Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0659-X		2005On 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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