Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant comic books 1983
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Issue #522
$4.49
Canadian Edition. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Snow Blind," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Pablo Marcos; Batman learns that Klaus Kristin, the Snowman, has been sighted in Tibet, and goes there to capture him. "Automatic Pirate!", script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Trevor von Eeden; Green Arrow convinces the guards and George Taylor, Jr. that he is not a thief, and learns that the Daily Star also shares time with a junior high school; There, after defeating some other robots, he discovers that Hi-Tek is really a 14-year-old computer nerd; After some talking, Green Arrow decides to become the boys friend and let him design a computerized digital sight for his bow. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.
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Issue #523
$29.00
View scans$21.00
View scanCanadian Edition. Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Dick Giordano. "Inferno," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tony deZuniga; Batman learns that Solomon Grundy is haunting the sewers of Gotham City with a gang of criminals. "Mob Rule!", script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Ron Randall; After stopping a riot at the site of a strike, Green Arrow notices two men who had fought each other acting chummy and tails one of them. He discovers that the man is part of a group that intends to throw Star City into chaos and then usurp leadership, with a plot created by their adviser, Lord Machiavelli; GA reveals his presence, whereupon Machiavelli calls upon his partner, the Executrix, to battle him with twin laser-torches. Letter from T.M. Maple. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.
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Issue #526
$23.00
View scans$30.00
View scans$29.45
View scans- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
$19.20
View scans- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Canadian Edition 2.00 cover price - This special 68-page square-bound giant edition commemorates Batman's 500th appearance in Detective Comics. The lead story for this issue, "All My Enemies Against Me!" kicks off with an impressive two-page splash featuring a rogue's gallery of Batman's greatest foes--17 of Gotham's worst villains. The Joker isn't depected only because he arrives late to the council of criminals. It's one wild, book-length saga as Batman, Robin and Batgirl mix it up with the 17, plus the Joker, Catwoman and Killer Crock. This enjoyable story is written by Gerry Conway with impresive art by Don Newton and skilled inking from Alfredo Alcala. Cover price $2.00.
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Issue #527
$8.40
$8.40
Canadian Edition. Cover by Gene Day. "Avatars of Vengeance," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Dan Day, inks by Pablo Marcos; Kirk Langstrom transforms into a berserk Man-Bat again and kidnaps Jason Todd to repay Batman for supposedly destroying his daughter Rebecca. "Getting Up," script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Paris Cullins, inks by Pablo Marcos; Ozone, a graffiti artist and super-villain, employs super-high pressure aerosol cans in his crimes; But he accidentally takes an aerosol can loaded with botulinus poison, unknown to him; Green Arrow tries to capture Ozone during a robbery at a mens magazine office, but gets thrown a can of spray which propels him through a window 30 stories above the ground. Statement of ownership: Average # copies per issue, previous year - 85,049. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.
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Issue #528
$7.20
Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dick Giordano. "Requiem for Skulls," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Klaus Janson; Batman has a return engagement with the Savage Skull, while Harvey Bullock makes trouble for Commissioner Gordon. "Getting Up II: Poisoned Art," script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Paris Cullins, inks by Pablo Marcos; Green Arrow saves himself by aiming the spray can at the ground and propelling himself back through the window; The man who exchanged canisters with Ozone tries to take his can back at gunpoint, but Green Arrow captures the man and Ozone escapes. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.
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Issue #530
$5.50
View scan$8.40
$8.40
Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dick Giordano. "Passion Nocturnale," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dick Giordano; Jason Todd runs away from home, while Batman testifies at the Night-Thiefs trial and attempts to capture Nocturna. "Survival of the Fittest," script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Adrian Gonzales, inks by Rick Magyar; When the Russian embassy in Star City is attacked by extreme rightists led by the Survivalist, a paramilitary type, Oliver Queen (covering an ambassadors speech for the Daily Star) switches to his Green Arrow identity and drives away the Survivalist and his troops; Later, GA takes a captured weapon from the group to a general at nearby Fort Carlin and finds it far in advance of most regulation weapons. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.
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Issue #531
$9.80
$3.30
Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Face of the Chimera," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Alfredo Alcala; Batman and Jason Todd try to discover which circus performer is being impersonated by the Chimera, only to learn he has multiple identities. "Survival of the Fittest II: Shelter from the Storm!", script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Jerome Moore, inks by Mike DeCarlo; Green Arrow prevents the silos from completely opening with his magnetic arrows, and blasts the apparatus that sends power to the missile detonators; Then he trails the Survivalist and his men through the sewers near the base, but is discovered along with a forager and, after learning the Survivalist wishes to trigger a nuclear war, is held at gunpoint. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.
