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Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	March 1986
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.75 USD
Pages	44
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Classic Tales"

Characters	Batman; The Joker; Silver St. Cloud
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Marshall Rogers
Inks	Marshall Rogers
Colors	Marshall Rogers
Notes	Wrap-around cover.

1 page text article "It Was a Dark (But Not Stormy) Knight..."

Script	Steve Englehart
Letters	typeset
Notes	Englehart's views on his Batman treatment

17 page Batman story "The Laughing Fish!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud; Joker; G. Carl Francis; Rupert Thorne; Commissioner Jim Gordon
Synopsis	The Joker gives fish everywhere his face, then tries to claim copyright to his image. And he will kill anyone who gets in the way of his plan.
Genre	superhero
Script	Steve Englehart
Pencils	Marshall Rogers
Inks	Terry Austin
Colors	Glynis Wein
Letters	Ben Oda
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) #475 (December-January 1978)

17 page Batman story "Sign of the Joker!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Thomas Jackson; Joker; Hugo Strange (as ghost); Rupert Thorne; Silver St. Cloud
Synopsis	Hugo Strange takes his revenge on Rupert Thorne, Silver St. Cloud makes a decision about her future, and Batman puts an end to the Joker's latest scheme.
Genre	superhero
Script	Steve Englehart
Pencils	Marshall Rogers
Inks	Terry Austin
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Milton Snapinn
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) #476 (February-March 1978)

6 page story "Viewpoints"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Charles Boatner
Pencils	Marshall Rogers
Inks	Marshall Rogers
Colors	Marshall Rogers
Letters	John Costanza
Editing	Len Wein
Reprinted	from Mystery in Space (DC, 1980 series) #111 (September 1980)

1 page Cover Gallery cover reprint (on interior page) "Detective Comics #476"

Characters	Batman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Marshall Rogers
Inks	Terry Austin
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #476 (February-March 1978)