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Detective Comics, Vol. 1 #437

Detective Comics, Vol. 1

#437

Deathmask

An ancient mask of a South American god of death is worn by a succession of men driven by it to kill, and Batman must discover the reason why. Manhunter back-up stories begin with the acclaimed offering.

Christine St. Clair, an Interpol agent, seeks a mysterious vigilante called Manhunter, aka Paul Kirk, a former big-game hunter; She learns from a man in Nepal of how Manhunter protected an idealistic anti-tyrant from assassination by a group of clones of Manhunter's, and then leaves, not knowing that the man she spoke to was Manhunter himself in disguise.


Creators View all

Writer Archie Goodwin
Artist Jim Aparo, Walter Simonson
Cover Artist Jim Aparo
Letterer Ben Oda, Jim Aparo
Editor Julius Schwartz, Archie Goodwin
Editor in Chief Archie Goodwin

Characters View all

Batman Bruce Wayne
Manhunter Paul Kirk
Christine St. Claire

Details

Age Bronze Age
Format Comic
Series Group Batman
Genre Action | Adventure | Crime | Super-Heroes
No. of Pages 36
Country USA
Language English