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Issue: Detective Comics #479
Publication Date: September 1978
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Issues: #479 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/27/1978
Volume: 42
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046510
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #157.
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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
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall] (small image)
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #9/1980 published January 1980
as Leiransiktet vender tilbake! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #9/1980 published August 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2943
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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If a Man Be Made of Clay...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clayface [Preston Payne]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud (a hallucination); James Gordon; unidentified Woman [Selina Kyle; Catwoman?]; Sal Menkin
Synopsis: Before Preston Payne can complete the mechanism which will restore his humanity, Batman confronts him and all of Clayface's efforts go up in fire and smoke.
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #10/1980 published January 1980
as En mann laget av leire...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #10/1980 published September 1980
as En man gjord av lera [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #7 published January 1983
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShadow of the Batman #5 published April 1986
as If a Man Be Made of Clay...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Strange Apparitions #[nn] published January 1999
as If a Man Be Made of Clay...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2876
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Onward and Upward

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: #S-2950
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Mike Bates, Dede Lienau, Carl Cafarelli and Jeffrey Cohen.
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True Heroes Never Die...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fadeaway Man (intro, villain); Mavis Trent; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Album #12 published January 1978
as True Heroes Never Die ... ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #11/1979 published May 1979
as Wahre Helden steben nie...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-2937
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Series continues from Showcase (DC, 1977 series) #103.
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Volume 78 Issue 26 - Week of June 26, 1978

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on Our Army at War #1, Justice League of America #150, comics on sale the week of July 3rd and Ask the Answer Man questions from Terry Lee Helman, Eric Weiss, Charles Haygood, Brad Weible, Brian Keith and David Haines.

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