Detective Comics #440 Values

Publisher: DC, 1974

About Detective Comics #440

Features Batman. DC 100 Page Super Spectacular. Jim Aparo bondage cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Ghost Mountain Midnight!

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head shot); Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (head shot); Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (head shot); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (head shot)

Pencils: Jim Aparo (signed) [as JA]

Inks: Jim Aparo (signed) [as JA]

Colors: Tatjana Wood

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: Ghost Mountain Midnight!

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth

Pages: 12.000

Script: Archie Goodwin

Pencils: Sal Amendola

Inks: Dick Giordano

Letters: Milt Snapinn ?

Pages: 2.000

Script: Archie Goodwin

Pencils: Murphy Anderson ? (logo illustration)

Inks: Murphy Anderson ? (logo illustration)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Letters of comment from T. E. Pouncey, Brian Patton, Steve Beery, Eric Promislow and Christopher Melchert.

Title: The Fear That Haunted Hawkman

Characters: Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]

Pages: 14.340

Script: Gardner Fox

Pencils: Murphy Anderson (signed)

Inks: Murphy Anderson (signed)

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes: Story in two parts of 7.67 and 6.67 pages.

Title: Inside Story of the Outsider!

Characters: Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Grasshopper Gang; Aunt Harriet

Pages: 14.670

Script: Gardner Fox

Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)

Inks: Joe Giella

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes: 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. Story in two parts of 7.67 and 7 pages. Final Outsider story. Alfred returns to life.

Title: Chapter 4: Rebellion!

Characters: Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Christine St. Clair; Damon Nostrand; Asano Nitobe; Kolu Mbeya

Synopsis: Origin of the Manhunters (but, not the ones created by the Guardians of the Universe).

Pages: 8.000

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 (October-November 1974).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	2	7	10	20	15	20	27	19	7	0	0	139
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3	1	4	2	7	12	20	16	20	27	19	7	0	0	145

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