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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published November 1982
Cover Price 1.25
Pages 100
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details

Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo

15 page Batman story "The Stage Is Set... for Murder!"

Characters Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Del Sartre; Claire Foster; Barry Johnstone; Ezra Jimson
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Dick Giordano
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #425 (July 1972)

10 page Human Target story "The Assassin-Express Contract!"

Characters Superman; Moe Malloy; Lois Lane; Vincent Appleton
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Dick Giordano
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #419 (December 1972)

8 page Elongated Man story "The Magical Mystery Mirror"

Characters Elongated Man; Sue Dibny; Janice Fell; Dennis Fell; Amos Fell
Genre superhero
Script Mike Barr
Pencils Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Inks Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #444 (December 1974-January 1975)

6 page Roy Raymond, TV Detective story "The Riddle of the Unseen Man!"

Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #201 (November 1953)

8 page Robin; Batgirl story "A Burial for Batgirl!"

Characters Batgirl; Robin; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Vince Colletta
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #400 (June 1972)

7 page Robin; Batgirl story "Midnight Is the Dying Hour!"

Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Vince Colletta
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #401 (July 1972)

8 page Mysto Magician Detective story "Three Feats of Peril!"

Pencils Leonard Starr
Inks Leonard Starr
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #209 (July 1954)

7 page Jason Bard story "The Case of the Dead-On Target!"

Characters Jason Bard; "Rip" Williams; Donna Williams; Ted Crane; Alli Crane; "Silk" Norbus
Script Frank Robbins
Pencils Frank Robbins
Inks Frank Robbins
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #435 (June-July 1973)

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Man with 20 Lives"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #227 (January 1956)

6 page Captain Compass story "The Ocean Pest!"

Genre detective
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #222 (August 1955)

15 page Batman story "Wanted for Murder One, the Batman"

Characters Batman; James Gordon; Arthur Reeves (I?); Jonah Jory; "Squeaky" Piper; Sy Semple; Anderson P. Forsythe
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Dick Giordano
Reprinted from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #225 (September 1970)