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Issue: Detective Comics #483
Publication Date: April 1979
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Issues: #483 of 883 Issues (1409 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: 01/09/1979
Volume: 42
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046505
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #164.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Bruce Wayne (as a child); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joe Chill; Leslie Thompkins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Batcave

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-222
Disclose Notes: Introduction and contents page on inside front cover.
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The Curse of Crime Alley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Leslie Thompkins; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (flashback); Maxie Zeus (introduction); Long John Logan
Synopsis: On the anniversary of his parents' deaths, Batman returns to Crime Alley to visit Leslie Thompkins, and discovers that Maxie Zeus is planning to take out a former associate with a plan that endangers innocent lives.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #5 published May 1980
as The Curse of Crime Alley [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #3 published January 1981
as Fahr zur Hölle, John Logan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #10/1982 published January 1982
as Skygger over slummen [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pages removed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: J-5651
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz was the editor on this title prior to Paul Levitz.
Origin recap. Leslie Thompkins and Crime Alley previously appeared in Detective Comics #457.
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The "Lights!...Camera!...Murder!" Contract!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Target [Christopher Chance]; Brad Nayle; Jessica Kincaid
Synopsis: Chance takes on the identity of Hollywood stuntman Brad Nayle to discover who's trying to kill him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1979 published September 1979
as Licht an... Kamera läuft... Mord..! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5570
Disclose Notes: Feature continues from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #144 (November 1978).
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A Date with Batgirl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Sergeant Rod Stromer
Synopsis: Batgirl's fight against the terrorist members of the Squadron for the Advancement of Everybody is briefly interrupted when she agrees to go an a date with a shy sergeant.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-5163
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Return to Castle Branek!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Baron Tyme [Clement Tyme] (villain); The Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Francine Langstrom [She-Bat] (flashback); Kirk Langstrom [Man-Bat] (flashback); Harry Matthews; Randu Singh; Glenda Mark
Synopsis: Baron Tyme holds the Eternity Book and forces the Demon to lead him to Merlin's tomb. He opens it and finds it empty.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5852
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Terminus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Raven [Dave Corby] (villain); Card Queen [Duela Dent; Harlequin]; Lori Elton; Maze; Lieutenant Rick Tatem; Chief Frank McDonald
Synopsis: The Maze organization has recruited supervillains to assassinate Robin, but Robin still brings them down with the help of the New Carthage police and a surprise undercover operative.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #6 published January 1979
as Finale! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5677
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Gotham's Great Kangaroo Race!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Harcourt Bane ["Swagman" Ginty]; Harrison Juke
Synopsis: Gotham City's citizens don't know what to make of a kangaroo race sponsored by Bruce Wayne, but it's an elaborate ploy to allow Batman to capture an arms smuggler and his dealer.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #17/1979 published August 1979
as Gothams großes Känguruh-Rennen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-2995
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Prepared as an entry in "The Public Life of Bruce Wayne" feature.
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40 Years of the Ultimate Detective

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batcave
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Information on 40 years of Detective Comics.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
Statement of October 1, 1978
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 129,792
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 69,285
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019
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Happy Anniversary from the Whole Batman Family!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Gordon; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Joker; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Seventies #[nn] published February 1999
as Batman Family Pinup [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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