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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000028412-06-000068
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060725
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060726
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060726

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COMERICA INC /NEW/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000028412
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				381998421
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 WOODWARD AVENUE MC 3391
		STREET 2:		COMERICA TOWER AVE1ST FL
		CITY:			DETROIT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48226-3509
		BUSINESS PHONE:		313 222-9743

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		411 WEST LAFAYETTE MC 3419
		STREET 2:		ATTN: BRAD SCHWARTZ
		CITY:			DETROIT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48226-3419

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DETROITBANK CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850311

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAUDER LILLIAN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001167325

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10706
		FILM NUMBER:		06981916

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2000 2ND AVE
		CITY:			DETROIT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48226
		BUSINESS PHONE:		313-235-3690

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3200 BREWSTER COURT
		CITY:			WEST BLOOMFIELD
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48322
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted stock units granted pursuant to the Comerica Incorporated Amended and Restated Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors. Each restricted stock unit represents an unfunded, unsecured right to receive one share of Comerica common stock.  The restricted stock units vest one year after the date of grant and are settled in stock one year after cessation of service on the board.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes stock units held pursuant to deferred director plans, resticted stock units, and shares purchased with reinvested dividends as of July 25, 2006.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Robert W. Spencer, Jr., on behalf of Lillian Bauder</signatureName>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY



Lillian Bauder





Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints each of Jon W. Bilstrom, Nicole

V. Gersch, Jessica M. Pfeiffer, and Robert W. Spencer,

Jr., signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in

the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director

of Comerica Incorporated (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and

5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the

Company, documents necessary to facilitate the filing of

Forms 3, 4 and 5;



(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of

the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to

complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely

file such form with the United States Securities and

Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar

authority; and



(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in

connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of

such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best

interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it

being understood that the documents executed by such

attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant

to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall

contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact

full power and authority to do and perform any and every

act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper

to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and all purposes

as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,

with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,

or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall

lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of

attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The

undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,

any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with

Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



The termination of any attorney-in-fact's employment by the

Company, however caused, shall operate as a termination of

his or her powers and authorities hereunder, but shall not

affect the powers and authorities herein granted to any

other party.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and

effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file

Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings

of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed

writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact at

the then current mailing address of the Corporate Legal

Department of Comerica Incorporated.



All Powers of Attorney previously granted in connection

with the foregoing matters hereby are canceled and revoked.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power

of Attorney to be executed and made effective as of this

25th day of July, 2006.





/s/ Lillian Bauder

Lillian Bauder



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