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Detective Comics #42
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Francis Manapul's cover for Detective Comics #42 is a striking visual statement: a caped figure — shown upside-down, suspended in a column of blazing orange-white light — hangs over a Gotham City skyline bathed in fiery color, while a massive bat-symbol looms overhead against a stormy sky. The composition feels both ominous and oddly graceful, with the city's silhouette framing an explosion of light below the suspended figure. With Manapul and Buccellato writing and Fernando Blanco on interior art, "Partnerships" promises the kind of moody, atmospheric Gotham storytelling this creative team does so well.
writer Francis Manapul · writer, colorist Brian Buccellato · artist, inker Fernando Blanco · letterer Wes Abbott · cover Francis Manapul
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NM- $3.19 NM+ $3.99 NM $5.99 CGC 9.8 · Variant $80 Signed $2500 Batman Detective Comics Vol 2 #42 $3 Detective Comics #42 DC Comics Comic Book $8.49 Detective Comics #42 Vol. 2 2015 DC Comics High Grade Comic Book J82-98 $9.99
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writer Francis Manapul
writer, colorist Brian Buccellato
artist, inker Fernando Blanco
letterer Wes Abbott
cover pencils, inks Francis Manapul
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