Detective Comics No. 443: Museum Object and Cultural History
Detective Comics No. 443: date made: 1974. maker: D. C. Comics, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.
The object in the museum catalogue
Detective Comics No. 443, published in November of 1974, contained fiver superhero stories. Two stories feature the "caped crusader," Batman, who was introduced Detective Comic's in 1939.
The book's cover, with art by Jim Aparao, Tatjana Wood, and Gaspar Saladino, shows Batman fighting alongside Manhunter, a character first introduced in the 1940s, and revitalized in the early 1970s. The two costumed heroes team up in the story "Götterdämmerung," written by Archie Goodwin, with art by Walt Simonson. Other stories relay adventures of the Specter, Green Lantern and the Creature.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1974
- maker: D. C. Comics, Inc.
- Object Name: comic book
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; x 17.145 cm x 27.305 cm
- Subject: Comics
- Subject: Batman
- ID Number: 2013.3039.013
- catalog number: 2013.3039.013
- nonaccession number: 2013.3039
- Credit Line: Gift of George R. Zug
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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