Detective Comics, #464
Published: October 1976
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Black Spider [Eric Needham]
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Syracuse
- Inks: Jack Syracuse
- Colors: Tatjana Wood
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Doomsday Express!
Storyline
Narrowly avoiding a brush with death, Batman must track down Black Spider before he kills again.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Black Spider [Eric Needham] (apparent death)
- Alfred Pennyworth
- James Gordon
- 'Doc' Sugarman (flashback, drug dealer, death)
- Otto (flashback, Sugarman's thug)
- Jose (flashback, Sugarman's thug)
- unnamed drug dealer from Paris (death)
- Maria (prostitute)
- mugging victim (flashback)
- Black Spider's father (flashback, death)
- Arthur Reeves
- frightened train passenger
Credits
- Script: Gerry Conway
- Pencils: Jack Syracuse
- Inks: Frank McLaughlin
- Letters: Ben Oda
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story continued from Detective #463. Black Spider appears to die at the end of the story, but he returns in Batman #306.
Twinkies and Kelp
Justice for All Includes Children, 7
Credits
- Pencils: Neal Adams
A Hot Time in Star City Tonight
Characters
- Calculator [Noah Kuttler] (villain)
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]
- Black Canary [Dinah Lance]
Credits
- Script: Bob Rozakis
- Script: Laurie Rozakis
- Pencils: Mike Grell
- Inks: Terry Austin
- Letters: Marjorie van Doorn
Story Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records confirm Bob Rozakis as the writer, but they do not mention Laurie Rozakis. Part 2 of the Calculator serial; story continues in Detective #465.
Credits
- Script: Bob Rozakis
Story Notes
Letters of comment from Joe Peluso, William MacDonald Neville, Danny Raskio, Scott Gibson, Jim Guida and Gerald Duet.