DETECTIVE COMICS #423 [DC COMICS] 1972 GD

Series Title: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)

Issue #: 423

Story Title:

• The Most Dangerous Twenty Miles in Gotham City
• Candidate for Danger!
• A Shadow of a Doubt! (reprint from Big Town #15, May–June 1952)
• The Big Heist (reprint from Gang Busters #26, February–March 1952)

Date of Publication: May 1972

Edition: Standard Edition

Publisher: DC / National Periodical Publications Inc.

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: 0.25 USD

Cover Artists: Michael Wm. Kaluta

Artists: Bob Brown, Dick Giordano, Don Heck, Irwin Hasen, Jack Lehti

Writers: Frank Robbins

Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Commissioner James Gordon, Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Jason Bard, Tab Higgins, Johnny Law

First Appearances: Tab Higgins

Key Facts:

• 52-page issue. Cover-dated May 1972, on sale 30 March 1972. Michael Kaluta cover: why has Batman, who has sworn never to use a gun, turned assassin?
• Lead 15-page Batman story “The Most Dangerous Twenty Miles in Gotham City” by Frank Robbins, Bob Brown and Dick Giordano. Batman helps lock down a prisoner swap of a Communist spy so a right-wing cell cannot kill the agent on the twenty-mile run across Gotham.
• 8-page Batgirl story “Candidate for Danger!” by Robbins and Don Heck. Continues from #422, continues in #424. After nailing an old flame who had gone back to con work, Barbara decides Batgirl is not enough, tells her father who she is, and asks to take the congressional seat he is being pushed into. Gordon already knew and is proud. Campaign aide Tab Higgins steals the donations. Batgirl takes him in. Start of Barbara’s run for Congress.
• 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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Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database