Comic Title: Detective Comics #442
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1974
On Sale Date: May 30, 1974 Newsstand Date May 30, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #106

Copyright Date May 30, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1974

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 96
Editor: Archie Goodwin

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: (Murders in Baranga Marshes)
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Howard Sherman

Reprinted From:
More Fun Comics #68 (1941)

Feature Character(s)

• Doctor Fate (last appearance in More Fun Comics #67; next appearance in All-Star Comics #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Inza Cramer (last appearance in More Fun Comics #67; next appearance in All-Star Comics #5)

Villain(s)

• An evil scientist (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Nasha (a servant; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed man and policeman (die in this story; no further appearances)
• Serge Roltavich and his butler (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
An evil scientist has developed a machine which projects deadly sound waves. He sends his assistant, Nasha, to kill his former partner, Serga Roltavich, but Dr. Fate prevents the murder. Fate then assaults the madman’s lab, impervious to the deadly traps therein. Upon his defeat at the hands of Fate, the scientist throws himself to his death.