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Detective Comics 785

DETECTIVE COMICS #785

Cover Date: October 2003
Cover Price: $2.75

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Cover Credits:
Art: Tim Sale (signed)
Colors: Mark Chiarello


Story: "Made of Wood, Part Two" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Brubaker
PencilsPatrick Zircher
InksAaron Sowd
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsJason Wright
Color separationsWildstorm FX
Associate editingMichael Wright
EditingBob Schreck

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Guest Star(s):

Green Lantern (Alan Scott; also in flashback to 1948)

Supporting Character(s):

Doiby Dickles (in flashback to July 1948; next in Green Lantern Vol. 1 #33)
James Gordon
Oracle
Det. Nelson Crowe

Villain(s):

Solomon Grundy (in flashback to 1948)
Francis Sullivan

Other Character(s):

Gotham's police chief from 1948
Calvin Jaffe (assistant district attorney)

Comment(s):

Continues in the next issue.

Synopsis:

Batman and Green Lantern work together to track down possible leads on the Made of Wood killing, including the victim's link to the Four Corners Clovers, an Irish gang. They discover that the leader of the gang is missing, and has been for several days; he is soon found dead in an alleyway, with the same message, 'Made of Wood', carved in his chest. James Gordon, the former commissioner, is also determined to crack the case, by working on the old murders from 1948, surmising that they stopped because the killer either died or was incarcerated. He starts tracking down those who knew people who match this profile, and is attacked by one of them, one Francis Sullivan, and knocked unconscious.


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Second Story: "The Dogcatcher" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRick Spears
ArtRob G.
LetteringJanice Chiang
ColorsGuy Major
Assistant editingNachie Castro
EditingMatt Idelson

Feature Character(s):

Larry (first appearance; a dogcatcher)

Other Character(s):

The Joker's dog (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Continues in the next issue.

Synopsis:

Larry, a Gotham City animal control officer, has the misfortune to stumble across a stray dog who's owner happens to be the Joker.


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