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Detective Comics, #420

Published: February 1972

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Forecast for Tonight -- Murder!

Story Featuring Batman

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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!

Story Featuring Batman

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Story Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Target for Mañana!

Story Featuring Batgirl

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Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story continues in Detective Comics #421.

X Marks the Mystery!

Story Featuring Captain Compass

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The Man Who Robbed a Thousand Minds
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Letter Column Featuring Batman's Hot-Line

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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.