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Detective Comics #478

Detective Comics #478

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CGC Census

337
Total Graded
43
9.8 NM/MT
15
8.0 VF
Reprinted 4x

Preston Payne uses blood from Matt Hagen, the second Clayface, to try to change the effects of hyperpituitarism on his appearance. But the \"cure\" causes Payne's flesh to melt like wax and forces him to periodically dissolve others into protoplasm. When Batman interferes with Payne's theft of the components necessary to reverse his condition, he may become Clayface's next victim.

Cover Date

July 1, 1978

On Sale Date

April 25, 1978

Pages

36

Cover Price

$0.35

Rating

Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Editor

Joe Orlando

Barcode

0709893046508

Characters

Clayface [Preston Payne] (origin); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Silver St. Cloud (flashback); Henry Matlock; Matt Hagen (does not appear as second Clayface)

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