Detective Comics #533 (1983) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Killing of Commissioner Gordon!	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon
1	Look to the Mountaintop	comic story	16	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben Oda	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Berford "Mr. Bang" Bannon; Zeke "Cobra" Kowalski; Johnny "Hitman" Hinton; Ray "Slinker" Dawson; Commissioner James Gordon; Barbara Gordon [Batgirl]; Harvey Bullock; Jason Todd
2	The Black Box	comic story	7	script: Joey Cavalieri; pencils: Chuck Patton; inks: Shawn McManus; colors: Nansi Hoolahan; letters: Phil Felix	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Detonator; The Werewolves of London (motorcycle gang)
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Dick Giordano

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893046512
Canadian	price 0.95 CAD; barcode 0709893046512

Collection	Year
The Best of DC #52	1984	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-7769-7	2018	On eBay ›

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