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Detective Comics 359

DETECTIVE COMICS #359

Cover Date: January 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1966-11-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks: Murphy Anderson (signed)


Story: "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksSid Greene
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #71; next in Brave and the Bold #70)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin ((last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #71; next in Teen Titans Vol. 1 #7)
Batgirl (Barbara Gordon; first appearance; Police Commissioner's (adopted) daughter; see Comments)
Commissioner Gordon (last in Batman Vol. 1 #188/2; next in Brave and the Bold #70)
Alfred Pennyworth (next in Batman Vol. 1 #189)

Villain(s):

Killer Moth
Killer Moth's henchmen (first appearance; Pupa and Larva named)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Comment(s):

This story is replace in continuity by Batgirl: Year One #1- #3.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Vol. 1 #208 (January-February 1969) [5-page excerpt]
Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (October 1971)
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #9 (May 1981)
Detective Comics Special Reprint #359 (1997)
Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 359 (October 2000)
Showcase Presents: Batgirl #1 (2007)
Showcase Presents Batman #3 (2008)
Batman: The TV Stories (2013)
Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (2014)
Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014)
Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years (2017)
Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #1 (2017)


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Second Story: "Riddle of the Sleepytime Taxi!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtMurphy Anderson
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Elongated Man

Supporting Character(s):

Sue Dibny

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for both; steal copies of documents from foreign dignitaries; Beejay named)

Location(s):

Chestnut City (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

100-Page Super-Spectacular #DC-22 (November 1973)
Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 359 (October 2000)
Showcase Presents The Elongated Man #1 (2006)


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