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Issue: Detective Comics #480
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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: 08/22/1978
Volume: 42
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046512
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #159.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
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, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Perfect Fighting Machine

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Gork; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
1
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Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
The Perfect Fighting Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Gork; Ivan Angst; Dr. Douglas Dundee; Dr. Moon; Mercenaries, Inc.
The leader of a gang of mercenaries enlists Dr. Moon to transform a man into the perfect fighting machine, and decides to test his new weapon against Batman.
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Miscellaneous
17
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Green Lantern vs. Mirror Master

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.6
F-15
Questions from David Stewart, Russell Reeves, Matt Morgan, Tony Reyes, Daryl Robinson, Bret Snyder, Greg Zeigler, Jeffrey Charles Conner, Li Lyn Hazelton, Doug Peterson, Richard W. Delong, Ricky Ford and Amy Dunbar.
43 Bob Smith

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
biography
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Miscellaneous
0.4
Script credit per Michael Catron.
The Case of the Off-Key Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Commissioner Emmett
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FlagSuperman #12/1979 published May 1979
as Horror in Moll [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
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Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The feature moves to World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) beginning with issue #256 (April-May 1979) of that title.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
S-2989
Letters of comment from Mike White, David Wood and Wallace L. Hopkins.

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