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Issue: Detective Comics #495
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/24/1980
Volume: 44
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046510
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
13 (6 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sterling Silversmith; Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (head shot); Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce] (head shot)
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Miscellaneous
1
C-429
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Murder in Quicksilver

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Crime Doctor [Dr. Bradford Thorne] (villain); Sterling Silversmith; Frenchy; Elmo Kraft (death)
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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Miscellaneous
17
J-6637
Story continued from previous issue. Sterling Silversmith previously appeared in Detective Comics #446.
Volume 80 Issue 22 - October, 1980

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
New Teen Titans
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Miscellaneous
1.83
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.
#65 Vince Colletta

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
biography
DC Profiles
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Miscellaneous
0.34
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Planet Puzzle
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Miscellaneous
0.66
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Krypto
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Miscellaneous
0.17
She's No Angel

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Hawkman; Golden Raven
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Miscellaneous
1
Into the Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of Gotham City
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Miscellaneous
4
J-6788
Batman Then & Now

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Joker; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Miscellaneous
1
L-590
Text article on Batman with various small cover images.
Bossman's Bane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Richard Bender; Robert "Bob" Barton; Norman "Shades" Cosgrove; Ray Beeler
Batgirl pushes her limits to get evidence to bring in crime boss Ray Beeler.
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Miscellaneous
10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Batcave
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Miscellaneous
2
L-590
Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Vince Santore and Greg W. Myers.
Animals

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Lynn Stewart; Jimmy Olsen; Inspector William Henderson; "Ice" (introduction, villain); Duke Street Kings (introduction, villains)
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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Miscellaneous
12
J-6806
The Gotham Connection

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

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