A key issue noted for First appearance of Hugo Strange. Detective Comics #471 was published by DC Comics on August 1, 1977, as part of a series that began in 1937. Bob Rozakis and Steve Englehart write, and art comes from Jerry Serpe, Marshall Rogers and Tatjana Wood. This 36-page issue features Batman, Alfred Pennyworth, Hugo Strange, Doctor Phosphorus and Rupert Thorne, among 6 characters cataloged on VerseDB.