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Issue: Detective Comics #484
Publication Date: June 1979
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Issues: #484 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: 03/06/1979
Volume: 43
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046507
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): James Gordon; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-969
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Batcave

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Assault on Olympus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Maxie Zeus (villain); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth
Synopsis: Batman goes after Maxie Zeus by infiltrating his headquarters, but Maxie catches Batman in a deathtrap.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #3 published January 1981
as Angriff auf Olymp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: J-5652
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The "Who is Floyd Fenderman Anyway?" Contract!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Target
Character(s): Human Target [Christopher Chance]; Luigi; Vanessa Van Dyke
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-5968
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The Race Against Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Gordon; Ross Canton
Synopsis: Batgirl investigates to find out who is trying to kill Commissioner Gordon after he is injured by a letter-bomb.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #22/1979 published October 1979
as Wettlauf mit dem Tod [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5913
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The Return of the Flying Graysons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin); Linda Gray; Mr. Haly; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); The Flying Graysons; Dirk Greystone; Sharon Greystone
Synopsis: Robin is surprised when Haly's Circus comes to town with its star attraction, a new trapeze act that is using the name "The Flying Graysons".
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #15 published January 1979
as Die Rückkehr der fliegenden Graysons ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-5923
Disclose Notes: Origin recap, revealed that Mr. Haly (owner of Haly's Circus) knows Robin's secret id.
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Tyme Has No Secrets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Demon
Character(s): Baron Tyme [Clement Tyme] (villain); The Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Inspector Stavik; Miklos; Abner Beckermann
Synopsis: The Baron's and the Demon's battle over Merlin's tomb is interrupted by Stavik and the locals. The Baron flees while the Demon recovers the Eternity Book.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-5996
Disclose Notes: Eternity Book
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The Galileo Solution

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Unsolved Cases of the Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mike Dolly; Professor Higley
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5654
Disclose Notes: Originally prepared for the Batman title.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batcave
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-263
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Letters of comment from Darren Goodhart, Bruce Findley and Scott Gibson.
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Sinisterly Yours-- The Super Villains!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ra's Al Ghul; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Joker; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (photo)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #15 published January 1979
as Die Supergegner von Batman! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Seventies #[nn] published February 1999
as Supervillains Pinup [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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