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Issue: Detective Comics #496

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Publication Date: November 1980

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Issues: #496 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 08/28/1980

Volume: 44

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893046511

Price: $0.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

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Format

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

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Variants3

Detective Comics #496 [Direct]

Detective Comics #496 [British]

Detective Comics #496 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

Murder on the Mystery Ship!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (head shot)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-433

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Murder on the Mystery Ship!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Basil Karlo] (apparent death); Commissioner James Gordon; John Carlinger; Myrna Gentry; Nurse Jacobs (death); Rita Morgansen; Bill Motherwell; Stacy Darnell

Synopsis: When a horror film exposition takes place on a cruise ship in Gotham Harbor, Basil Karlo takes offense at not being invited, so he breaks out of Arkham and boards the ship to get revenge.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 15.67

Job Number: J-6780

Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hawkman

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Batcave

First Line: Dept. of Oops

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.33

Notes: Information on the drop in size of the magazine and a letter of comment from Jeffrey Lowndes.

Stealer of Souls!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Dr. Voodoo; Jim Dover; Tracy Dover; Assistant District Attorney Charles Turner; Detective Cameron; Jeff Cotton

Synopsis: Batgirl battles Dr. Voodoo, who uses his mystical powers to steal diamonds. Meanwhile, the assistant district attorney prepares to arrest Barbara Gordon - for murder!

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Pages: 10

Job Number: J-6902