Detective Comics #414
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Legend of the Key Hook Lighthouse!", Batman confronts a gang smuggling weapons for a foreign dictator, aided unexpectedly by two small-time criminals and a spectral presence. On the eve of their first anniversary, Jason Bard and Barbara Gordon attend the play Invitation to Murder, only to discover they’re the sole audience members—until a sniper’s aim threatens the stage, forcing Jason to intervene before being felled. Written by Denny O'Neil and illustrated by Irv Novick with inks by Dick Giordano and letters by Gaspar Saladino, the issue features a cover by Neal Adams.
In "Invitation to Murder!", Barbara Gordon and Jason Bard attend a theater performance only to find every seat empty—yet the show begins anyway, plunging them into a mystery that turns deadly the moment a gunshot rings out.
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