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Issue: Detective Comics #495
Publication Date: October 1980
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Issues: #495 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1980
Volume: 44
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sterling Silversmith; Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (head shot); Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce] (head shot)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1981 published January 1981
as Batmans Geheimidentität wird enthüllt! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-429
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Murder in Quicksilver

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Crime Doctor [Dr. Bradford Thorne] (villain); Sterling Silversmith; Frenchy; Elmo Kraft (death)
Synopsis: Having discovered that Batman is Bruce Wayne, and knowing that Batman knows his true identity as well, the Crime Doctor attempts to flee Gotham. But he is kidnapped by Sterling Silversmith who tortures him in order to learn Batman's identity.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman's Detective Comics #[nn] published January 1981
as The Crime Doctor Calls At Midnight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #4/1981 published January 1981
as Mord i kvikksølv [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1981 published January 1981
as kein deutscher Titel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #6/1981 published June 1981
as Kvivksilvermordet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6637
Disclose Notes: Story continued from previous issue. Sterling Silversmith previously appeared in Detective Comics #446.
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Volume 80 Issue 22 - October, 1980

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): New Teen Titans
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.83
Disclose Notes: Information on DC Comics Presents #26, Justice League of America #183, Adventure Comics #476, Brave and the Bold #167, comics on sale the week of July 7th and Ask the Answer Man questions from Greg Gardner, Teddy Mann, Eric Bosshart, Tony Forrest, Michael Laitman, Jamie, Marc Ackerman, Cal Slayton and Angeli Wahlstedt.
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#65 Vince Colletta

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.34
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Planet Puzzle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.66
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Krypto
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.17
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She's No Angel

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman; Golden Raven
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Into the Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, superhero
Feature(s): Tales of Gotham City
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1981 published January 1981
as Flammenes bytte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #4/1981 published April 1981
as Leka med elden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-6788
Disclose Notes: Feature next appears in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #334 (April 1981).
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Batman Then & Now

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Joker; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-590
Disclose Notes: Text article on Batman with various small cover images.
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Bossman's Bane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Richard Bender; Robert "Bob" Barton; Norman "Shades" Cosgrove; Ray Beeler
Synopsis: Batgirl pushes her limits to get evidence to bring in crime boss Ray Beeler.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #11 published January 1981
as Die Geldfalle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Heróis #6 published May 1983
as Veneno para um Boss! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6799
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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): Batcave
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-590
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Vince Santore and Greg W. Myers.
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Animals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Lynn Stewart; Jimmy Olsen; Inspector William Henderson; "Ice" (introduction, villain); Duke Street Kings (introduction, villains)
Synopsis: During the Suicide Slum Olympics, "Ice" and his Duke Street Kings gang take hostages for a $1 million ransom. Black Lightning saves the hostages and keeps the gang members from being shot by the police.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #25/1980 published December 1980
as "Kriminell" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-6806
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The Gotham Connection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Chief Frank McDonald; Professor Klein
Synopsis: Robin is torn between trying to break up a drug ring and trying to fulfill his commitments to his studies.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Robin solo stories move to Batman (DC, 1940 series) with issue #337 (July 1981).

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