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Issue: Detective Comics #481
Publication Date: December 1978
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Issues: #481 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/26/1978
Volume: 42
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046501
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Batgirl, Robin, and Man-Bat features move over from the just-cancelled Batman Family (DC, 1975 series).

On-sale date from Comic Reader #160.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Murder in the Night

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-285
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Detective Comics Starring the Batman Family

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Credits confirmed from Todd Klein's website (http://kleinletters.com/1979OtherStuff.html).
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Ticket to Tragedy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Sir Basil Smythe; Henry Frome; Greeny Velvet; Milt Solo
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #11/1979 published January 1979
as Billett til tragedien [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #4 published January 1979
as Gefährliche Reise [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #11/1979 published October 1979
as Biljett till döden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #8/1980 published July 1980
as Mord i natten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Seventies #[nn] published February 1999
as Ticket to Tragedy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2973
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Does the Costume Make the Hero?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Margie Spratt; Lori Elton; Dave Corby; Chief Frank McDonald; Raven (villain); Bart Twitchell; Warner
Synopsis: Robin agrees to try-out three different new look costumes designed by his fans. While investigating the disappearance of Gary Stephans, Robin has another encounter with the mysterious Raven.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: J-5372
Disclose Notes: Robin costume designs sent in by readers Joe Montgomery, Paul Decker and George T. Johnston.

Robin previously battled the Raven in The Batman Family #19.
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A Slow Death in China!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): Bob Smith
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Senator Thomas Cleary [Tom]; Leslie Tauburn; the Sino-Superman; Wo Fong
Synopsis: Batgirl travels to China to learn more about the Sino-Supermen and their possible connection with her brother Tony.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-5454
Disclose Notes: Batgirl previously battled the Sino-Supermen in The Batman Family #19.
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The Whittles Snatch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jason Bard; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Francine Langstrom; Rebecca Langstrom; J. J. Whittles
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1980 published January 1980
as Whittles saken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #7/1980 published June 1980
as Kidnappad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: J-5436
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Murder in the Night!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Ronald Thursgood; Ramsey Larken; Bruno Clark; Xavier Simon; Thomas Wayne (flashback)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #5 published January 1979
as Blutige Rache [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Pocketbook #5 published January 1979
as Murder in the Night! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #8/1980 published January 1980
as Mord i natten! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: J-5456
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Bob Rodi, Dave Elyea, Martin Maenza, Wallace L. Hopkins, Scott Huver and Kevin J. Dooley.

Sequence on inside back cover page.

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