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Issue: Detective Comics #487
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #487 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: 09/11/1979
Volume: 43
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: On-sale date from Comic Reader #172. Listed as on-sale on the 13th in ad in Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Original Cover Print
Full color print of cover art; no masting or blocking
Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #22 published January 1981
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Detective Comics 487 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-194
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Perils of Sergius

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; Sensei; The League of Assassins; Sergius; Alfred Pennyworth; Ma Murder; Twitchy; Ape; Chuckles
Synopsis: Batman helps a writer who has unexpectedly been targeted by assassins.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #8 published January 1980
as Joggen ist gefährlich! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6122
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The Aliens Among Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Morgan Edge; Breep (10th level computer); Phanto (alien, hologram); Uggh (alien); Madame X [Hawkgirl; Shiera Hall; Shayera Hol]; Doctor Paul Wynters [Tony Harris] (GBS make-up man)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-6144
Disclose Notes: Roy Raymond is also a guest-star in Detective Comics #500.
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The Rescue

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A comic strip advertisement for Hostess Twinkies.
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The Iron Solution

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Herr Schulman; unnamed sergeant; unnamed driver
Synopsis: Robin investigates a robbery at a Wayne bank in West Germany, and it appears that U.S. troops are behind the theft.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6117
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-372
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Michael Burkhalter, Edward B. Via and Stephen F. Setter.
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The Pharaoh and the Mummies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Odd Man
Character(s): The Odd Man [Clay Stoner]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6334
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for the unpublished Shade the Changing Man (DC, 1977 series) #9, with original title "The Pharaoh and the Mummies!" Story printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2. Almost all dialogue rewritten by an unknown author for this printing.
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The Case of the Campaign Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Della Zigler; Hagen; Harker; Dexter Doyle; Roger Dole [Gary Chase]
Synopsis: During Barbara's re-election campaign, her opponent becomes a target of a killer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #8 published January 1980
as Die tödliche Wahlschlacht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6116

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