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Issue: Detective Comics #500
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 45
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Lots of former Detective characters in the back-up Slam Bradley strip.
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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
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Title Pages Job Number Notes
[untitled]
Illustration on Cover, Wraparound
2   Wraparound cover. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin. Montage of covers of past issues of Detective Comics by Bob LeRose (signed, also noted in "The Guest List" inside back cover).
Detective Comics
Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)
1   Contents page with illustration on inside front cover. Colorist added per comments by Anthony Tollin on Facebook on June 26, 2019: "I'm pretty certain that I colored this page. If not, [my] late wife Adrienne Roy colored it, but I'm pretty certain it was colored by yours truly (who also co-colored the cover with my late boss and mentor, Jack Adler)."
To Kill a Legend
Story on Interior Page(s)
19 J-6870  
The "Too Many Cooks..." Caper!
Story on Interior Page(s)
13 J-7087 With lots of cameos and guest-stars in this anniversary issue.
Once Upon a Time...
Story on Interior Page(s)
2 J-7176 Text is from a number of Peanuts strips published in 1970.
The Final Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe!
Story on Interior Page(s)
8 J-6992  
The Batman Encounters - Gray Face
Text Story on Interior Page(s)
8 J-7170 Text story with small illustrations.
The Strange Death of Doctor Erdel
Story on Interior Page(s)
8 J-7060 Title taken from contents page. Also listed in last panel of story.
What Happens When a Batman Dies?
Story on Interior Page(s)
22 J-6876  
The Guest List
Text Article on Interior Page(s)
1   Reproduction of cover in various states of completion, plus text about the characters. On inside back cover.

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