Detective Comics #457
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- March 1976
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.30 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/29675
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Bob Rozakis (assistant editor)
Issue contents
Cover
No title recorded
(Batman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-2215
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (head shot)
Credits
- Art
- Dick Giordano
- Colours
- Tatjana Wood
Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-2177
- Characters
- Leslie Thompkins (introduction); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (one-page origin); Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (flashback)
Credits
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
Terry Austin (backgrounds, uncredited) - Letters
- Ben Oda
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman Album (Murray, 1978 series) #40 ([July 1978?]) — There is No Hope in Crime Alley
-
The Super Heroes Monthly (London Editions, 1981 series) v2#2 (November 1981) — There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!
-
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([November] 1988) — There is No Hope in Crime Alley!
-
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([November] 1988)
-
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) ([June] 1989) — There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!
-
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([June] 1989) — There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!
-
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([June] 1989)
- From GCD
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #457
- From Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #457 March 1976
Synopsis
Origin recap, fills in some more info on Crime Alley, the site of Bruce Wayne's parent's death.
Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Austin backgrounds per info he provided in his interview in Back Issue #66 (August 2013).
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman's Hot Line
- Code
- S-2224
Credits
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Art
- Murphy Anderson ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters of comment from Adam Castro, Tom Mitchell, Scott Jones, Dennis Burke, Geoffrey Peckman, Brian Scott and Fred Schneider.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Shazam!; Hostess Cup Cakes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Letters
- Ben Oda
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
Credits
- Art
- Neal Adams
- Letters
- John Workman
Notes
First of the series, not numbered.
5Featuring
- Feature
- The Elongated Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-2149
- Characters
- Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Elongated Woman [Sue Dibny]
Credits
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973? series) #28 ([November 1976?]) — Make Way for the Elongated Woman
-
Superman the Comic (Murray, 1978 series) #2 ([June 1979]) — Make Way for the Elongated Woman
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Superman the Comic (Murray, 1978 series) #2 ([June 1979])
Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story continues from Detective Comics #456.
Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #125.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.