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Issue Details

Issue #469
Published May 1977
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
Notes average # copies per issue, previous year - 148,000

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Doctor Phosphorus
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo
Notes average # copies per issue, previous year - 148,000

1 page Wonder Woman advertisement "The Maltese Cup Cake"

Characters Wonder Woman; Mr. Astor; Petula Lorry; Cindy Bluestreet [The Fat Lady]
Synopsis Wonder Woman captures three people hunting for the Maltese Cupcake, though it is unclear that any of them has committed a crime.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes.

11 page Batman story "...By Death's Eerie Light!"

Characters I & O & V: Doctor Phosphorous [Alex Sartorius]; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Dr. Bell
Synopsis 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.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Walt Simonson
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985) [recolored]; in Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series) #nn ([November] 1999) [as recolored for Shadow of the Batman]; in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #13/1979

6 page Doctor Phosphorus story "The Origin of Doctor Phosphorus"

Characters Doctor Phosphorous [Alex Sartorius]; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Bell
Synopsis Dr. Phosphorus visits an old colleague and explains how he became a monster when the reactor core at a nuclear power plant in which they both invested exploded and that he now plans to take his revenge on all those he blames, particularly City Council Chairman Rupert Thorne.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Walt Simonson
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters John Workman (partial letters on pages 1 & 6)
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985); in Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series) #nn ([November] 1999); in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #1/1980