Comic Title: Detective Comics #473
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1977
On Sale Date: August 25, 1977 Newsstand Date August 25, 1977
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #472, Page 29

Newsstand Date August 24, 1977
Source: Comic Reader, #146

Newsstand Date August 22, 1977
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 77 #33
Listed as on sale the week of August 22nd

Shipping Date August 2, 1977
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #9

Frequency: Monthly (with the exception of July, Oct., Jan. and April)
Cover Price: $0.35
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Malay Penguin"
Pages: 17

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciller: William Marshall Rogers
Inker: Terry Austin
Letterer: Milton Snapinn
Colorist: Jerry Serpe

Reprinted In:
Best of DC #14 (1981)
Shadow of the Batman #3 (1986)
Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 TPB (1992)
Batman:Strange Apparitions TPB (2000)
Legends of the Dark Knight – Marshall Rogers HC (2012)
Tales of the Batman:Steve Englehart HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Brave & the Bold #138; next appearance in Detective Comics #474)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Karate Kid #15; next appearance in Detective Comics #474)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in DC Special Series #1; next appearance in Action Comics #478)
• Silver St. Cloud (last appearance in Detective Comics #472; next appearance in Detective Comics #474)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (last appearance in Detective Comics #472; next appearance in Detective Comics #474)
• Professor Hugo Strange (last appearance in Detective Comics #472; next appearance in Detective Comics #474)
• Joker (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Batman #294; next appearance in Detective Comics #475)