Detective Comics, #420
Published: February 1972
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Issue Contents:
Forecast for Tonight -- Murder!
Characters
- Piet van Doorn
- Allan Trevor (as the Batman)
Credits
- Pencils: Neal Adams
- Pencils: Stan Rouse
- Inks: Neal Adams
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; original indexer credited the inks to Dick Giordano. Alan Kupperberg revealed in an interview with Daniel Best that he pencilled the Batman head in the left border on a lark and Neal Adams inked it. The rest of the heads are stock shots pasted in later. The Kupperberg-Adams Batman head was subsequently used on other covers. Logo design credit from Todd Klein's Logo of the Day #2268 posting to his Facebook page on 8 November 2018.
Forecast for Tonight... Murder!
Characters
- Batman
- James Gordon
- Piet van Doorn
- Allan Trevor
Credits
- Script: Frank Robbins
- Pencils: Frank Robbins
- Inks: Frank Robbins
- Letters: Ben Oda
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Target for Mañana!
Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]
- Jason Bard
- James Gordon
- Odds Lanyon
- Garcia da Vega
- Carlos Da Vega
Credits
- Script: Frank Robbins
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Letters: Ben Oda
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story continues in Detective Comics #421.
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
Story Notes
Letters of comment from Tom Peyser, Jay L. Zilber, Tom Greeniones, Bob Rozakis, Kenneth P. Greene, Pittsburgh Sam, Peter Marzano, Bob Abrahams, Gerard Triano, Jack Stein, Scott Gibson, Allan Ferguson and Mark Lucke.
X Marks the Mystery!
Characters
- Captain Compass
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Joe Certa
- Inks: Joe Certa
The Man Who Robbed a Thousand Minds
Credits
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: Mort Meskin