Detective Comics #557 (1985) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Robin Fights Alone... As a Slayer Stalks the Night!	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin	Anton Knight, The Night-Slayer, Robin, Jason Todd
1	Still Beating	comic story	16	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John Workman	Batman, Harvey Bullock, Catwoman, Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man, Commissioner James Gordon, J'Onn J'Onzz, Anton Knight, Natalia Knight, Selina Kyle, Martian Manhunter, The Night-Slayer, Nocturna, Robin
2	Zen and the Art of Dying II: The Pursuit of Wisdom	comic story	7	script: Joey Cavalieri; pencils: Jerome Moore; inks: Bruce Patterson; colors: Jeanine Casey; letters: Bob Lappan	Green Arrow, Onyx, Oliver Queen
3	-	letters page	2	script: Bob Greenberger; pencils: José Luis García-López

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

Collection	Year
DC Finest: Batman: Red Skies #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-273-9	2025	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-304-0	2025	On eBay ›

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