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Cover: Nick Cardy

Detective Comics #429

Nov 1972 · DC · 0.20 USD

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In "Man-Bat Over Vegas!", a mysterious underground nuclear test in New Mexico sends shockwaves across the desert, terrifying swarms of vampire bats and sending them into a frenzy. The panicked creatures swarm over Hoover Dam and the Las Vegas Strip, culminating in a grisly discovery: a man lies dead in a casino alley, his fate tied to the chaos above. Written, drawn, and inked by Frank Robbins, with a striking cover by Nick Cardy, this 1972 tale blends Cold War unease with supernatural dread in a uniquely atmospheric Gotham-adjacent mystery.

Contains 2 stories

Man-Bat Over Vegas!

16 pp · Superhero

Batman [Bruce Wayne]Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]Francine LangstromAlfred Pennyworth

Case of the Loaded Case!

7.5 pp · Detective-Mystery

Jason BardHarrison Baron

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Fine) $9

CGC 9.8 · 10 in census $436

CGC 9.6 · 15 in census $154

CGC 9.4 · 19 in census $154

CGC 9.2 · 20 in census $55

CGC 9.0 · 6 in census $44

CGC 8.5 · 7 in census $32

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CGC 8.0 · 9 in census $32*

CGC 7.5 · 5 in census $28*

CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $24

CGC 6.5 none in existence

CGC 6.0 none in existence

CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $20

CGC 5.0 · 3 in census $20*

CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $20*

CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $20

CGC 3.5 none in existence

CGC 3.0 none in existence

CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $20*

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Frank Robbins

letterer Ben Oda

cover pencils, inks Nick Cardy

Reprints

Reprinted in Batman Classics #38 (1973), Batman Classics #39 (1973), Batman #14 (1973), Lynvingen #3/1973 (1973), Batman Poche #3 (1976), Man-Bat #1 (1984), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] (1988), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] (1989), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] (1989), Batman #47

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