Detective Comics #437 (1973) CGC 9.2 NM- C/OW Key 1st App Manhunter Skull Cvr

Detective Comics #437 (1973) CGC 9.2 NM- Cream to Off-White Pages Key 1st Appearance of Manhunter Jim Aparo Skull Cover. Featuring the first appearance of the character Manhunter in the DC Universe. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Deathmask!", script by Archie Goodwin, art by Jim Aparo; 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, "The Himalayan Incident," script by Archie Goodwin, art by Walter Simonson; 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. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.