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Issue Details

Issue	#440
Published	April-May 1974
Cover Price	0.60 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Archie Goodwin; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant)
Notes	average # copies per issue, previous year - 153,942

Cover Details

Characters	Batman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Aparo
Inks	Jim Aparo
Notes	average # copies per issue, previous year - 153,942

1 page Batman illustration

Genre	superhero
Notes	contents page
Reprinted	from ?

12 page Batman story "Ghost Mountain Midnight!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Archie Goodwin
Pencils	Sal Amendola
Inks	Dick Giordano

9 page Manhunter story "Cobras of the Deep!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Reprinted	from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #79

14 page Hawkman story "The Fear That Haunted Hawkman"

Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted	from Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #3

11 page Doll Man story "A Million-Dollar Corpse!"

Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk
Reprinted	from Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #123

12 page Green Lantern story "Too Many Suspects!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Kanigher
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Reprinted	from Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #37

15 page Batman story "The Inside Story of the Outsider!"

Characters	GS: Outsider
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (ghosting for Bob Kane)
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Final Outsider story. Alfred returns to life. 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) #356

8 page Manhunter story "Rebellion!"

Characters	Manhunter; Christine St. Clair; Damon Nostrand; Asano Nitobe; Kolu Mbeya
Synopsis	Origin of the Manhunters
Genre	superhero
Script	Archie Goodwin
Pencils	Walter Simonson
Inks	Walter Simonson
Letters	Alan Kupperberg; Walter Simonson (titles and sound effects)
Notes	Alan Kupperberg is the credited letterer of this story in Manhunter: The Special Edition (1999), where this story is reprinted. The Simonson lettering credit is per Archie Goodwin on page 97 of Detective Comics #443 (Oct.-Nov. 1974).
Reprinted	in Manhunter (DC, 1984 series) #1; in Manhunter: The Special Edition (DC, 1999 series) #nn