Cover: Mike Kaluta

Detective Comics #438

Dec 1973 · DC · 0.50 USD

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“A Monster Walks Wayne Manor!”

In "A Monster Walks Wayne Manor!", Christine St. Clair uncovers unsettling clues about Manhunter Paul Kirk—his mysterious victims bear his face and fingerprints, their bodies vanish from morgues, and his mastery of Ninjutsu hints at deeper secrets. As her investigation deepens, a chilling connection emerges, leaving her and readers questioning just how much of Kirk’s past is truly his own. Written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Walter Simonson, with a striking cover by Mike Kaluta, this 1973 issue delivers a tense, atmospheric mystery rooted in the shadows of Gotham’s most haunted estate.

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writer Archie Goodwin · artist, inker Simonson · letterer Joe Letterese · letterer Walter Simonson · cover Mike Kaluta

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writer Archie Goodwin

artist, inker Simonson

letterer Joe Letterese

letterer Walter Simonson

cover pencils, inks Mike Kaluta

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Christine St. Clair shows her current file on Manhunter to her boss, Damon Nostrand. She fills him in on the fact that some of the bodies of the men that Paul Kirk has eliminated have his face and fingerprints, and all end up being stolen from the morgues by unknown parties. Christine learns that Kirk is a master of an ancient Japanese fighting discipline called Ninjutsu, and that Kirk must also have some kind of rapid healing abilities. After Christine leaves Nostrand's office, he burns up the files.

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