Detective Comics, #441

Published: June-July 1974

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Issue Contents:

Story Featuring Batman

"This is judgment day, Batman! And I condemn you and Robin to death!"

Credits
Story Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Detective Comics Table of Contents
Credits
Story Notes

Contents page includes indicia.

Judgment Day!

Story Featuring Batman

"March! In the city, winter's annual retreat has begun, but here..."

Woozy Winks - Wanted for Murder!

Story Featuring Plastic Man

"All right, which one of you did it?... Speak up!"

Credits
The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!

Story Featuring Batman and Robin

"When Bruce Wayne, the Batman, went to Mr. Wylie's fashionable party and met Antal the artist."

Story Notes

Story has a sequel in "The Carbon Copy Crimes!" later in this issue.

Holocaust God of Destruction!

Story Featuring Ibis the Invincible

"What causes war, plague, famine, destruction?"

The Two Faces of Doom!

Story Featuring Eclipso

"It's Eclipso! He's become unbeatable with his new power!!"

Storyline

Bruce Gordon develops an ultra-violet ray gun to try to make Eclipso into a force for good. A meteor crashes to the ground and a space-creature is released that gives Eclipso new powers.

Credits
The Secret of Mouse Malone

Story Featuring Alias the Spider

"This is the biggest poker game I've seen here!"

The Carbon Copy Crimes!

Story Featuring Batman and Robin

"Suppose you were the Batman, and after a series of horrifying murders, you tracked down the killer and watched him die by his own hand."

Credits
Story Notes

Story is a sequel to "The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!" earlier in this issue.

Chapter 5: Cathedral Perilous

Story Featuring Manhunter

"Another mosque, Henry? I thought we'd seen every one in the city!"

Story Notes

Alan Kupperberg is the credited letterer of this story in Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), where this story is reprinted. The Simonson lettering credit is per Archie Goodwin on page 97 of Detective Comics #443 (October-November 1974).

Letter Column Featuring Batman's Hot-Line

"Night of the Stalker -- Bravo!"

Credits
Story Notes

Letters of comment from Jerry Levitt, Joshua Case and William M. Neville.

Zingers!

"They're the heaviest hairiest fistfuls of muscle ever!"

Story Notes

Back cover advertisement.

Famous Name Prizes or Cash

"Free sales kit"

Story Notes

Interior back cover advertisement.

Karate

"The total self-defense system"

Super Values

"Fabulous bargains in America's best items"

Story Notes

Items for sale include iron-on transfers, posters, dog-tags, rings, incense, candles, clothing studs, stickers, patches, and decals.

DC Brings You the New 100 pg. Super-Spectacular
Monster Size Monsters

"Just imagine your friends shock when they walk into your room and see the "Monster" reaching out..."

Story Notes

Sold by Honor House Products.

Novelty Ads
Action Fish Lure Swims By Its Own Power!

"Catch more fish, bigger fish, or your money back!"

Thank you, DC Fans...

"for making our first Famous Collectors' Editions a complete success!"

Now! All Full Scale Battle Games
Story Notes

Horizontal advertisement in a vertical format for games from Helen of Toy, Co.

Any 15 records for only $1.97 or any 11 tapes for only $1.97

"If you join now and agree to buy 9 tapes in the next 2 years"

Magic!

"The decks used by magicians"

Story Notes

Sold by Stancraft Products.

Write Right Now!

"Write advertisers direct."

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Two full pages of various advertisements in two different pages of the comic. Second page includes a section of classified-style, all text ads under the heading "Best By Mail". For information, write S. Schwarz & Co.

The Super Foes Are Here!

"8 inches tall! They're great!"

This Postage-Free Coupon Can Change Your Life!

"Mail it right now for 2 free books"

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Interior front cover