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Detective Comics #469 (1977) · The Collector

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Detective Comics (1937)
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DC Comics#469

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Detective Comics #469

...By Death's Eerie Light! / The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: May 1977
On sale: Feb 22, 1977
Cover price: $0.30
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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When Alfred collapses, Batman discovers many more people are mysteriously becoming sick. The Dark Knight realizes that the Gotham City water supply has been contaminated, so he goes to the Gotham Reservoir and finds the person responsible for the contamination, Dr. Phosphorus.

Credits

Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciller: Walter Simonson
Inker: Al Milgrom
Colorist: Jerry Serpe
Letterers: Ben Oda, John Workman
Cover: Jim Aparo
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Associate editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Cover letters: Gaspar Saladino
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth
Batman
Doctor Phosphorous
Dr. Bell
James Gordon
Rupert Thorne

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