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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1




                        CONSENT OF ERNST AND YOUNG, LLP,
                              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Comerica Incorporated, pertaining to the registration of 375,000
shares of common stock with respect to the Metrobank 1988 Stock Option Plan, of
our report dated January 17, 1995, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Comerica Incorporated, incorporated by reference in the Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1994, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


December 18, 1995                                   /s/ Ernst and Young, LLP.   










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