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Detective Comics 1039 (Cover A)

DETECTIVE COMICS #1039

Cover Date: September 2021
Cover Price: $4.99
Publication Date: 2021-07-13

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Cover Credits:
Art: Dan Mora (signed)


Variant Cover:
Cover B
Art: Lee Bermejo

Story: "The Neighborhood, Finale" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMariko Tamaki
PencilsViktor Bogdanovic
InksViktor Bogdanovic, Daniel Henriques
LetteringAditya Bidikar
ColorsJordie Bellaire
Associate editingDave Wielgosz
EditingPaul Kaminski
Group editingBen Abernathy

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Guest Star(s):

Huntress (next in flashback in Batman Secret Files: Huntress #1)
Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)
Batgirl (Stephanie Brown)
Nightwing (last in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Oracle
Deb Donovan (next in flashback in Batman Secret Files: Huntress #1)

Villain(s):

Roland Worth
Christopher Nakano
Hue Vile (also in flashback to childhood in between panels of flashback in the second story in this issue; next in Batman Secret Files: Huntress #1)
Bane gang
Clown gang
Penguin's henchmen

Other Character(s):

Chief Hubbord (first appearance; a GCPD police chief)
Miriam Vile (first appearance; Hue Vile's mother; in flashback in between panels of flashback in the second story in this issue)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Gotham City
City Hall District
Gotham City Hall
Office of Mayor Nakano
Fort Graye

Solicitation:

An epic battle is taking place in Gotham City...below the city streets?! Batman and MR. WORTH are locked in a deadly duel involving a rocket launcher, a micro-cave subterranean system, and a whole lot of bloody knuckles. Can Huntress save Lady Clayface before the entire city collapses from underneath itself? Plus: the insidious VILE makes his move, and boy is it UGLY... FEATURING “MARCH OF THE PENGUIN”: Gotham’s seediest gangster is looking to take advantage of the unrest in the city, and the Penguin is finally ready to make his move!


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Second Story: "The Life & Times of Hue Vile" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryT. Rex
ArtT. Rex
LetteringRob Leigh
ColorsSimon Gough
Associate editingDave Wielgosz
EditingPaul Kaminski

Feature Character(s):

Hue Vile (also in flashbacks preceding issue #1034; in flashback in the first story in between panels of flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Miriam Vile (dies in flashback; in flashback in the first story in between panels of flashback)
Elliot Vile (first appearance; Hue's kid brother; dies in flashback)

Guest Appearance(s):

Batman (in flashback to years ago)
Nightwing (in flashback to some time ago)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Joker
Red Hood (in flashback to Joker's War)
Harley Quinn (in flashback to Joker's War)
Punchline (in flashback to Joker's War)
Christopher Nakano (in flashback)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Gotham City
Keystone City
Blüdhaven


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