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Detective Comics #524 (1983) · The Collector

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Detective Comics (1937)
#524

DC Comics#524

Detective Comics

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Detective Comics #524

Deathgrip / Mob Rule II: Heat of the Moment!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: March 1983
On sale: Dec 7, 1982
Cover price: $0.60
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st full appearance of Killer Croc

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DirectMain
Printing not stated · $0.60
No barcode recorded
Canadian
Printing not stated · Newsstand · CA market · CA$0.75

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Grand Comics Database issue 37246

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Batman escapes the Squid's trap, and has a final confrontation with the Squid. Meanwhile, Dick Grayson invites some of his circus friends to Wayne Manor, including Jason Todd and his parents.

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Printing not stated · $0.60

Credits

Writers: Gerry Conway, Joey Cavalieri
Pencillers: Don Newton, Irv Novick
Inkers: Dick Giordano, Ron Randall
Colorists: Adrienne Roy, Tom Ziuko
Letterers: Todd Klein, Phil Felix
Covers: Ed Hannigan, Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Anthony Tollin
Editor: Len Wein
Assistant editor: Nicola Cuti
Managing editor: Dick Giordano

Characters

Killer Croc· 1st appearance
Alfred Pennyworth
Barbara Gordon
Batman
Commissioner James Gordon
Dick Grayson
Gertrude
Green Arrow
Jason Todd
Joseph Todd
Machiavelli
The Executrix
The Squid
Trina Todd
Vicki Vale
Waldo Flynn

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