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Issue: Detective Comics #497
Publication Date: December 1980
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Issues: #497 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: (not set)
Volume: 44
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 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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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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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-454
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Bad Night in Baja

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Waldo Pepper (hotel owner); Ernie Edwards (thug); Sloan (FBI agent); Witt (FBI agent); The Squid [Clement Carp] (villain); Squid's men; Marie Schneider (newlywed); David (Marie's husband); Mr. Halston
Synopsis: Batman travels to Baja Mexico to retrieve stolen US missile launch codes from The Squid who is planning to sell them to the highest bidder. Batman escapes with the documents but is badly wounded and hides out in a seedy hotel with the Squid and his men in pursuit.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #6/1981 published January 1981
as Stormfull natt i Baja [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #22 published January 1981
as Mordnacht in Baja ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #9/1981 published January 1981
as Mordbrännaren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman's Detective Comics #[nn] published January 1981
as Bad Night in Baja [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-6847 ?
Disclose Notes: Parody of the Spirit strip, dedicated to Will Eisner.
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Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!

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
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Barbara Gordon... Murderess!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Doreen Gray; James Stein; Robert "Bob" Barton; Detective Cameron; Richard Bender; Assistant District Attorney Charles Turner
Synopsis: Detective Cameron investigates Barbara Gordon for the murder of a rival Congressman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #14 published January 1981
as Unter Mordverdacht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6945
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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
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-635
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Tom Hunter, Neil Ahlquist, and Gary Thomson.

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