Detective Comics #473 (1977) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Marshall Rogers; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (as shadow)
1	The Malay Penguin!	comic story	17	script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Milt Snapinn	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Silver St. Cloud; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Bell; Professor Hugo Strange (ghost)
3	-	letters page	1	script: Bob Rozakis
4	Volume 77 Issue 34 - Week of August 22, 1977	in-house column	1	editing: Bob Rozakis	Secret Society of Super-Villains

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

Collection	Year
The Best of DC #14	1981	On eBay ›
Shadow of the Batman #3	1986	On eBay ›
The Batman Gallery #1	1992	On eBay ›
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2 ISBN 1-56389-037-2	1992	On eBay ›
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2 ISBN 0-446-39427-0; 978-0-446-39427-7	1992	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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