Detective Comics, #425
Published: July 1972
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The Stage Is Set for Murder!
"Death lurks in the wings, as Batman plays the starring role in... The Stage Is Set for Murder!"
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Credits
- Pencils: Bernie Wrightson
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
- Inks: Bernie Wrightson
Story Notes
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The New Three-Wheel RRRumblers Are Here!
"And they're tearing up Hot Wheels tracks all over America."
Story Notes
The inside front cover contains an ad for racing motorcycle toys.
The Stage Is Set... for Murder!
"A summer night in Gotham Park."
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Del Sartre
- Claire Foster
- Barry Johnstone
- Ezra Jimson
- Tod Dunn
Credits
- Script: Denny O'Neil
- Pencils: Irv Novick
- Inks: Dick Giordano
- Letters: Milt Snapinn (uncertain)
- Script: Marianna Pescosta
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
"If you think it just looks real, wait till you shoot it!"
Story Notes
Ad for Daisy "1894" air-gun, with coupon for trap-target kit.
"What do these champions have in common... with you?"
Characters
- Joe Weider
- Larry Scott [Mr. Olympia]
- Dave Draper [Mr. America]
- Reg Lewis [Mr. Universe]
Story Notes
Ad for body building course.
Story Notes
Ad for toys and novelties, in classified format. Includes Sea-Monkeys.
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
Story Notes
Letters of comment from Dan Recchia, Clem Robins, and Lori Mead.
Open-and-Shut Case!
"Gotham City -- tough, sprawling proving-ground of the "greats" on crime-fighting... The Batman -- Batgirl... now makes way for a new breed of fighter against the evil forces polluting the city's bloodstream!"
Characters
- Jason Bard
- Matthew Clay
- Mordecai Zond
Credits
- Script: Frank Robbins
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Letters: Milt Snapinn (uncertain)
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. First entry in the series "[The] Master Crime-File of Jason Bard" appearing in odd-numbered issues of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 Series) 425 (July 1972) thru 435 (March 1973).
Roger's Super Skittle Bowl
"Look that's Roger Staubach, the famous football star"
Characters
- Roger Staubach
- two unnamed kids
Story Notes
Advertisement done in comic format for the Olympic Size Skittle Bowl, promoted by football's Dallas Cowboy's quarterback, Roger Staubach, by Aurora Productions Corporation from West Hempstead, New York.
Write Right Now!
Story Notes
Assorted small advertisements.
"Wanted -- The World's Most Dangerous Villians!!"
All DC Magazines Now Only 20¢!!
"Rather than explain our new price policy personally, I've asked all our editors to tell you in their own way why there is a price reduction for this magazine."
Storyline
Editorial on the price of DC Comics.
Credits
- Script: Carmine Infantino
Task Force / Cannon Ball
The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
"Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!"
Characters
- Mac
Story Notes
Inside back cover comics ad for Charles Atlas' "Dynamic-Tension" book.
Dig These!
"Four new Snap Tite drag construction models you build without glue, without paint and without help."
Story Notes
The back cover contains an advertisement for Snap Tite model shovel, bulldozer, mover, and skipshovel.