Detective Comics Special Reprint [Toys 'R' Us Special Replica Edition] #38 (1997) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Detective Comics Special Reprint [Toys 'R' Us Special Replica Edition] (DC, 1997 series)
Issue: #38
Publication date: 1997
Key date: 1997-00-00
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: [none]
Pages: 20
Barcode: 040006108799

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Batman, Bruce Wayne.

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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1	Robin the Boy Wonder	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (introduction, origin); John Grayson (introduction, Dick's father, death); Mary Grayson (introduction, Dick's mother, death); Mr. Haly (Haly Circus owner); Boss Zucco [Anthony Zucco] (villain, introduction); Blade (villain, death)
2	The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be!	comic story	2	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Sheldon Moldoff	Batman Origin, Bruce Wayne Origin

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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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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