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Issue: Detective Comics #497

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Publication Date: December 1980

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Issues: #497 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 44

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.15 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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

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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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Detective Comics #497 [Direct]

Detective Comics #497 [British]

Detective Comics #497 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-454

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Bad Night in Baja

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

Job Number: J-6847 ?

Notes: Parody of the Spirit strip, dedicated to Will Eisner.

Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!

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

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

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Pages: 1

Barbara Gordon... Murderess!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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.

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Pages: 10

Job Number: J-6945

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Batcave

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Pages: 1

Job Number: L-635

Notes: Letters of comment from Tom Hunter, Neil Ahlquist and Gary Thomson.