DETECTIVE COMICS #421 [DC COMICS] *NEAL ADAMS / DICK GIORDANO COVER* 1972 GD-

Series Title: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)

Issue #: 421

Story Title:

• Blind Justice... Blind Fear!
• Up against Three Walls!
• Police Line-Up! (reprint from Batman #24, August–September 1944)
• The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians! (reprint from Detective Comics #205, March 1954)

Date of Publication: March 1972

Edition: Standard Edition

Publisher: DC / National Periodical Publications Inc.

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: 0.25 USD

Cover Artists: Neal Adams, Alan Kupperberg, Dick Giordano

Artists: Frank Robbins, Don Heck, Jerry Robinson, Leonard Starr

Writers: Frank Robbins, Don C. Cameron, Bill Woolfolk

Characters: Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, Warden Howe, Marla Manning, Carlton Quayle, Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Garcia da Vega, Carlos da Vega, Odds Lanyon, Mysto

First Appearances: Carlton Quayle

Key Facts:

• 52-page issue. Cover-dated March 1972, on sale 27 January 1972. Neal Adams and Dick Giordano cover, with an Alan Kupperberg Batman-head stat reused from #420.
• Lead 16-page Batman story “Blind Justice... Blind Fear!” written and drawn by Frank Robbins. A convict who has done his time holds microfilm on corrupt politicians. Batman has to keep him alive through a prison break, with a militant con bargaining for freedom and a hired killer after the same man. Inspired by the 1971 Attica uprising.
• 9-page Batgirl story “Up against Three Walls!” by Robbins and Don Heck. Continues from #420. Gordon and Barbara are in Mexico City on a smuggling brief when Odds Lanyon springs a trap. Gordon and Carlos da Vega are taken. Batgirl finds Carlos collecting the ransom to cover gambling debts and refuses to pay. Odds Lanyon’s final appearance.
• Full colour throughout.

Page Count: 52 pages

Condition: Please refer to the accompanying photos for condition, we are amateur graders, all best efforts are taken when indicating a likely grade. Should you require further photos, please contact us. Includes archival bag and board.

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