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Publishers / DC / Detective Comics (1937) / #541

541August 1984
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP

Detective Comics #541

DC · August 1984 · on sale May 8, 1984

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Identification plate

Series: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue: #541
Publication date: August 1984
Key date: August 1984
On-sale date: May 8, 1984
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Antarctic Nightmare!	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
1	C-C-Cold!	comic story	16	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben Oda	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Alfred Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Bill Modell; Commissioner James Gordon; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
2	The Nightfly	comic story	7	script: Joey Cavalieri; pencils: Shawn McManus; inks: Sal Trapani; colors: Jeanine Casey; letters: Bob Lappan	Green Arrow; Death Dealer
3	-	letters page	2	script: Len Wein; pencils: José Luis García-López
4	-	in-house column	1	script: Dick Giordano

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893046508
Canadian	price 0.95 CAD; barcode 0709893046508

Where to read it

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

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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