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Issue: Detective Comics #488
Publication Date: February 1980
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Issues: #488 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: 11/06/1979
Volume: 44
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046503
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 #174.
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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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The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (spectral image); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (spectral image); The Spook
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #8 published January 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-238
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Spook; Selina Kyle [Catwoman] (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Lucius Fox; Commissioner James Gordon; Simon Thatcher; Mr. Torr; Jeff Laird; Desmond Foster; Mr. Wilton
Synopsis: When the Spook is hired to free a death row inmate, he causes Batman to switch places with the prisoner, with the guards believing that Batman is the prisoner as the clock ticks down to the scheduled execution.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #8 published January 1980
as Todesurteil für Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6168
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The Last Duty!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, superhero
Feature(s): Tales of Gotham City
Character(s): Clem Schnectady
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman's Detective Comics #[nn] published January 1981
as The Last Duty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6261
Disclose Notes: This strip uses characters from the Batman family of books in "real-life" situations.
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Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; sky diving club members
Synopsis: Hawkman rescues a man whose parachute fails to open and the rest of his club celebrates with Hostess Cup Cakes.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Leader of the Dark Lords

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; the Dark Lords (street gang) [Alo Ramerez (deceased); Sanchez; Salgoto; other unnamed Dark Lords]; The Invaders (street gang) [Len Rockwell; other unnamed Invaders]
Synopsis: In the wake of Barbara Gordon losing her re-election to Congress, Batgirl must try to stop violence from erupting between two street gangs when the leader of one gang is found murdered on the turf of the other gang.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #8 published January 1980
as Anführer der Dark Lords [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6286
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Minus One Miracle Car!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #6/1980 published January 1980
as "Wunder" gesucht! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-6304
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The Great Campus Kidnap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bernie Johnson; Jennifer Anne; Chief Frank McDonald; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Bruce Wayne [Batman] (cameo)
Synopsis: Robin investigates when several Hudson University students are kidnapped.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #8 published January 1980
as Kidnapper kennen keine Gnade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6222
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Batcave
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Charles D. Brown, Bradley A. Ross, Marianne T. Hauser, Kent A. Phenis, David Schorer and Bruce Finley.

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