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Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant comic books 1984-1991

  • Issue #534
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 534

    Canadian Edition. "Brambles!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Colan and Alfredo Alcala. Batman and his new partner, Jason Todd, must stop Poison Ivy's attempt to branch out into true evil. Plus, Green Arrow must not only contend with the Detonator, but also the motorcycle gang known as the Werewolves of London. "The Black Box II!" Part 2 of 4. Story by Joey Cavalieri. Art by Chuck Patton and Shawn McManus. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #536
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 536

    Canadian Edition. "Facing the Dark, Blindly...!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Colan and Bob Smith. Batman is in a race to the death with one of the deadliest men alive, Deadshot. Plus, Green Arrow concludes his solo caper in a final confrontation with the Detonator. "Shortfuse...The Black Box IV!" Part 4 of 4. Story by Joey Cavalieri. Art by Shawn McManus and Sal Tradani. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #538
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 538

    Canadian Edition. "Curse of the Catman!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Colan and Bob Smith. Batman faces off against a new Catman who has discovered one of the Dark Knight's most guarded secrets, the location of the Batcave. Plus, Green Arrow is back in a tale that reveals an incident that fuels Oliver's need to do what's right. "Three Years Ago Today!" Story by Joey Cavalieri. Art by Shawn McManus. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #539
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 539

    Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Dick Giordano. "Boxing," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Bob Smith; Continued from Batman #372; Batman and Tommy Dunfey go in search of Dr. Fang to avenge Michael Greenes murder. "The Devil You Don't Know," script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Shawn McManus, inks by Sal Trapani; Australian tabloid publisher Morris Burdick is considering buying the Daily Star; Shortly afterward, a costumed villain called the Printers Devil appears with a flame-throwing weapon and threatens the Star building; Green Arrow battles the Printers Devil, but is trapped by his own net-arrow as a stray flame from the Devils weapon nears gas station pumps across the street from the newspaper offices. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #541
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 541

    Canadian Edition. "Antarctic Nightmare!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Colan and Bob Smith. Batman pursues the Penguin to Antarctica for a final showdown. Robin (Jason Todd) appearance. Plus, Green Arrow must use all of his fighting and archery skills to stay one step ahead of the deadly Death-Dealer. "The Nightfly!" Part 1 of 2. Story by Joey Cavalieri. Art by Shawn McManus and Sal Tradani. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #542
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 542

    Canadian Edition. "Between Two Nights!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Colan and Bob Smith. When the Batman will not respond to the Bat-Signal, who will? Jason Todd, that's who. Make way for the new Dynamic Duo, Robin and...Detective Bullock? Plus, Green Arrow continues to battle the fatal draw of the Death-Dealer. "The Turn of an Unfriendly Card...The Nightfly II!" Part 2 of 2. Story by Joey Cavalieri. Art by Shawn McManus and Sal Tradani. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #544
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 544

    Canadian Edition. "Deceit in Dark Secret!" Part 2 of 2. Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Colan and Alfredo Alcala. At the mercy of the Thief of Night, Batman is saved by Nocturna. This seductive beauty of the night confides that she knows Batman's secret identity and professes a forbidden love for him. The Dark Knight is left to contemplate her indecent proposal. He must do what is best for Jason Todd and what is right by the law. Plus, Green Arrow's photographer partner, Sharon Greenglass, has been taken hostage by two super-powered lunatics. Can he save her and keep his secret identity secret at the same time? "Fair from the Madding Crowd...It's No Fair II!" Part 2 of 2. Story by Joey Cavalieri. Art by Shawn McManus. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #545
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 545

    Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dick Giordano. "By Darkness Masked," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bob Smith; The wounded Night-Slayer is found by a blind girl, who believes him to be the Batman; continues in Batman #379. "It's No Fair III: Fair Raid," script by Joey Cavalieri, art by Shawn McManus; Oliver Queen explains away his uniform to Bad Penny as a costume he is wearing for a play, and is admitted to the auto-automat; Shortly thereafter, he changes into his Green Arrow guise, defeats Penny and Pinball Wizard, and frees the hostages. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #547
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 547

    Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by RomeoTanghal. "Cast of Characters, Sequence of Events," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Klaus Janson; Robin and Nocturna fight the Night-Slayer, who wears Batmans costume, and Batman, in the Night-Slayers costume, struggles to regain his memory; Story continues in Batman #381. "Clash Reunion II: Most Likely to Die!", script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Jerome Moore, inks by Bruce Patterson; Green Arrow learns from James that Tim Selby, one of Oliver Queens old classmates, is now an enforcer for the Vietnamese Mafia, but is keeping kickbacks he takes from the merchants in the Vietnamese section of Star City; The archer baits a trap for him by setting up a phony gift shop ostensibly run by a friend, Mary Ho; But, shortly after Selby arrives and begins his shakedown attempt, Vengeance appears, shoots at Selby, and hits Mary. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #548
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 548

    Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Dick Giordano. "Beasts A-Prowl," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Bob Smith; Batman battles a terrorist called Darkwolf, while Catwoman makes a comeback in Gotham; Story continues in Batman #382. "Vengeance is Mine!", script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Jerome Moore, inks by Bruce Patterson; Mary Ho is saved by the bullet-proof vest she wears under her clothes, and Green Arrow subdues both Tim Selby and Vengeance. Elsewhere, Onyx finds a place to stay, from a shopkeeper in Star City. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #549
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 549

    Canadian Edition. Cover by Pat Broderick. "Doctor Harvey and Mr. Bullock," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Bob Smith; Harvey Bullock, with the help of Batman, takes on an entire street gang after his home is vandalized. "Night Olympics, Part One," script by Alan Moore, art by Klaus Janson; Black Canary and Green Arrow find that the crooks aren't as bold as they used to be; This leads to a discussion of how the bad crooks are getting worse; Then, from a rooftop, Black Canary is shot by an arrow. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #551
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 551

    Canadian Edition. Cover by Pat Broderick. "The First Day of Spring," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Bob Smith; After the Calendar Man makes a threat on Robin's life, Batman forces Robin away from the action as Batman hunts down the Calendar Man alone. "Sanctuary," script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Jerome Moore, inks by Bruce Patterson; While out to eat with Dinah Lance, Oliver Queen stands up for a naturalized citizen who is wrongly accused of being an illegal immigrant; Elsewhere, Onyx is taken in by a music shop worker. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #552
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 552

    Canadian Edition. Cover by Pat Broderick. "A Stump Grows in Gotham," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Bob Smith; Batman fakes his death at an assassins hands to bring the killers employers out of hiding. "Sanctuary II: Poor, Huddled Masses," script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Jerome Moore, inks by Bruce Patterson; Oliver Queen is broken out of detention, along with two Salvadoran refugees, by Dinah Lance; They head for the next stop on the "underground railroad" and leave their new friends there; A night later, Green Arrow makes his way back to Oliver Queens apartment, not knowing that Onyx is observing him in secret. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #555
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 555

    Canadian Edition. The war between the Mirror Master and Captain Boomerang continues, and guess who's caught in the middle - Batman! Part 2 of 2, continued from Batman (1940) #388. Written by Doug Moench, with art by Gene Colan and Bob Smith. Plus: Green Arrow back-up tale by Elliot S! Maggin and Dick Dillin! Cover by Paris Cullins and Dick Giordano. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #557
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 557

    Canadian Edition. Catwoman and Nocturna on one side, Night-Slayer on the other, and Batman doesn't know who will strike first! Part 4 of 6, continued from Batman (1940) #390. Continues in Batman (1940) #391. Written by Doug Moench, with art by Gene Colan and Bob Smith. Plus: Green Arrow back-up tale by Joey Cavalieri, Jerome Moore and Bruce Patterson! Cover by Colan and Dick Giordano. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #558
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 558

    Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Gene Colan. "Strange Loves," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bob Smith; Batman and Robin try to save a security guard they still believe to be under Nocturna's spell. "Believe Everything I Hear," script by Dean R. Traven, pencils by Trevor von Eeden, inks by Dell Barras; reen Arrow must decipher a message from an informant in time to stop a drug shipment. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #560
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 560

    Canadian Edition. Batman and Robin are out to stop crime in Gotham City, but the numbers seem too great. Catwoman guests. Written by Doug Moench, with art by Gene Colan and Bob Smith. Plus: Green Arrow back-up tale by Joey Cavalieri, Jerome Moore and Dell Barras introduces a new hero, Champion! Cover by Colan and Dick Giordano. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #562
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 562

    Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan (layouts) and Gene Colan, inks by Dick Giordano. "Reeling," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bob Smith; The Film Freak targets Julia Pennyworth and his ex-girlfriend India Blue for revealing his identity; Bullock and Robin stay one step behind Batman and Catwoman. "The Criminal Element," script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Jerome Moore, inks by Dell Barras; Black Canary stops a drug shipment. Green Arrow questions the mayor about the new hero, the Champion; The identity of the new villain, Steelclaw, is revealed. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #568
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 568

    Canadian Edition. Cover by Klaus Janson. "Eyrie," script by Joey Cavalieri, art by Klaus Janson; The Gotham University campus is terrorized by violent falcons. Batman and Robin watch a political rally held by G. Gordon Godfrey, who decries all superheroes; Godfrey insists that superheroes are holding humanity back, and they will witness the triumph of the common man once all superheroes have been eliminated; Theres massive support growing for his movement; the Penguin has his falcons attack Batman. Continued from Batman #401. Continued in Legends #1. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #572
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 572

    Canadian edition with $1.75 cover price - Giant-Sized 50th Anniversary Issue. Story by Mike W. Barr. Art by Alan Davis, Terry Beatty, Dick Giordano, Carmine Infantino, Al Vey, E.R. Cruz, and Paul Neary. Cover by Michael Kaluta. Includes a centerfold pin-up by Dick Sprang. Celebrating the proud 50th Anniversary of Detective Comics, a mystery brings together the greatest sleuths of our time, Batman and Robin, Elongated-Man, and Bradley P.I. And, the greatest sleuth of all time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #573
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 573

    Canadian Edition. Batman and Robin try to figure out why the Mad Hatter held up the Liars' Club, how it relates to hats, and just where the Prince of Crowns will strike next in "The Mad Hatter Flips His Lids!" Script by Mike W. Barr, art & cover by Alan Davis & Paul Neary. Letter to the editor from T.M. Maple. Private Notes: Batman and Robin vs. the Mad Hatter Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #574
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 574

    Canadian Edition. Batman's origin is retold as he brings a wounded Jason Todd to Leslie Thompkins' care in the moving "...My Beginning...and My Probable End." Script by Mike W. Barr, art & cover by Alan Davis & Paul Neary. Letter to the editor from T.M. Maple. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #575
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 575

    Canadian Edition. Batman: Year Two, Part 1 of 4. "Fear the Reaper!" Story by Mike W. Barr. Art by Alan Davis and Paul Neary. In a story that takes place in the Batman's early years, the Dark Knight comes face-to-face with the Reaper, a vigilante who has become judge, jury, and executioner on the criminal underworld. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #576
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 576
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    Canadian Edition. Batman: Year Two, Part 2 of 4. "Deal with the Devil!" Story by Mike W. Barr. Art by Todd McFarlane and Alfredo Alcala. As Bruce Wayne pursues a romantic relationship with Rachel Caspian, the Batman pursues the Reaper, a diabolical menace to the criminal underworld as well as the Gotham P.D. When Batman strikes a deal with Gotham's criminal element he comes face-to-face with Joe Chill, the man who murdered Bruce Wayne's parents. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #579
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 579

    Canadian Edition. Cover art by Norm Breyfogle. The Crime Doctor's Crimson Clinic starring Batman, Robin, and Two-Face, script by Mike Barr, art by Norm Breyfogle; Schuyler Reems helps Batman and Robin defeat the Crime Doctor. 32 pgs. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #581
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 581

    Canadian Edition. Cover art by Jim Baikie and Pablo Marcos. One Out of Two ... Isn't Bad..." starring Batman, Robin, and Two-Face, script by Mike Barr, pencils by Jim Baikie, inks by Pablo Marcos; trapped by Paul Sloane, Batman and Robin escape and go after Two-Face. 32 pgs. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #582
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 582

    Canadian Edition. Cover art by Jerry Bingham. Sole Survivor starring Batman and Robin, script by Jo Duffy, pencils by Norm Breyfogle, inks by Pablo Marcos; an android double takes Commissioner Gordon's place, A Millennium crossover, continued in Millennium #5. 32 pgs. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #584
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 584

    Canadian Edition. Cover art by Norm Breyfogle and Dick Giordano. Fever Break! starring Batman, Scareface, and Ventriloquist, script by John Wagner and Alan Grant, pencils by Norm Breyfogle, inks by Steve Mitchell; Batman faces off against the one responsible for the import of the drug "Fever." 32 pgs. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #588
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 588

    Canadian Edition. Life is never easy for the derelicts on Gotham's skid row, but now it's gotten even tougher as a crazed killer, sought by the Batman, stalks the streets. Part 2 of 3, continued from the previous issue. Concludes next issue. Script by Alan Grant, with art and cover by Norm Breyfogle. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #589
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 589

    Canadian Edition. Part 3 of 3. It's a three-way duel to the death as the Batman, Mr. Kadaver and the Burning Man all meet as the saga of the Night People concludes. Script by Alan Grant, with art by Norm Breyfogle. Plus: DC BONUS BOOK #5, showcasing the new wave of DC talent: Poison Ivy is out of prison and unknowingly carrying a deadly disease that could decimate Gotham in 12 hours unless the Batman can find her. Written by Lewis Klahr and Steve Piersall, with art by Dean Haspiel and Denis Rodier. Cover by Breyfogle. Cover price $1.00.