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Issue Details

Issue #439
Published February-March 1974
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 100
Editing Archie Goodwin

Cover Details - "Night of the Stalker"

Characters Batman
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano

14 page Batman story "Night of the Stalker!"

Characters Batman (4-page origin); Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne
Genre superhero
Script Vin Amendola; Sal Amendola (plot); Steve Englehart (script)
Pencils Sal Amendola
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes contains origin recap; story is based on an incident described by Neal Adams

8 page Hawkman (Golden Age) story "The Riddle of the Clown"

Characters Gentleman Ghost; Hawkman; Hawkgirl
Genre superhero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #92 (February 1948)

11 page The Atom story "The Gold-Hunters of '49!"

Characters The Atom
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Time-Pool story.
Reprinted from Atom (DC, 1962 series) #12 (April-May 1964)

6 page Dr. Fate (Golden Age) story

Characters Dr. Fate
Genre occult; superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Reprinted from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #66 (April 1941)

14 page Batman story "Batman's Bewitched Nightmare!"

Characters Outsider; Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting for Bob Kane]
Inks Joe Giella
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #336 (February 1965)

9 page Elongated Man story "The Tantalizing Troubles of the Tripod Thieves!"

Characters Zatanna; The Elongated Man
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #355 (September 1966)

11 page Kid Eternity story

Characters Kid Eternity
Genre superhero; occult
Pencils Pete Riss
Inks Pete Riss
Reprinted from Kid Eternity (Quality, 1946 series) #3 (Fall 1946)

8 page Manhunter story "The Resurrection of Paul Kirk"

Characters Manhunter (origin); Christine St. Clair; Asano Nitobe; Damon Nostrand
Genre superhero
Script Archie Goodwin
Pencils Walter Simonson
Inks Walter Simonson
Letters Joe Letterese; Walter Simonson (titles and sound effects)
Reprinted in Manhunter (DC, 1984 series) #1; in Manhunter: The Special Edition (DC, 1999 series) #nn