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Detective Comics #856 (2009) · The Collector

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Detective Comics (1937)
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Detective Comics #856

Elegy, Part 3: Affettuoso / Pipeline, Chapter One / Part Three

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: October 2009
On sale: Aug 26, 2009
Cover price: $3.99
Pages: 44
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Kate attends a party thrown by her step-mother where she meets Maggie Sawyer and also the villain Abbott. Alice and her gang capture Colonel Kane.

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Credits

Writer: Greg Rucka
Pencillers: J. H. Williams III, Cully Hamner
Inkers: J. H. Williams III, Cully Hamner
Colorists: Laura Martin, Dave Stewart
Letterers: Todd Klein, Jared K. Fletcher
Covers: J. H. Williams III, Cully Hamner
Cover colors: J. H. Williams III, Laura Martin
Editor: Michael Siglain
Assistant editor: Harvey Richards

Characters

Abbott
Alice
Batwoman
Bette Kane
Catherine Kane
Claire
Colonel Jake Kane
Commissioner James Gordon
Hayes
Maggie Sawyer
Mr. Bolt
Mr. Chandless
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