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Issue: Detective Comics #489
Publication Date: April 1980
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Issues: #489 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: 01/22/1980
Volume: 44
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046504
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #176.
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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.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman (small image)
First Line: With your memory destroyed, my secret's safe!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-283
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Creatures of the Night!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; Moon the Mystic; Ivorn
Synopsis: There's a vampire roaming Gotham City but Batman doesn't believe it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #11/1980 published January 1980
as Nattens uhyrer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #11/1980 published October 1980
as Odjur i natten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1 published September 1982
as Créatures de la nuit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6414
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The Borrower

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Borrower
Synopsis: The only way Wonder Woman can stop the Borrower long enough to capture him is to set out some Twinkies so he takes a snack break.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in sequential art form.
Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company
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When the Inmates Run the Madhouse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of Gotham City
Character(s): Commissioner James Gordon; Charlie Morgan; Goldie Rivers; Monk Nichols; Warden Michael Pendergast
Synopsis: Ex-con Charlie Morgan blames Gordon for his brother's death during a robbery, so he arranges a prison riot to lure Gordon to the facility to exact his revenge.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6211
Disclose Notes: This story is billed on the cover of this issue as Commissioner Gordon's first solo story.
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The Mind Warp Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Theel; Mr. Boyde; McCabe (death); Reynolds (death)
Synopsis: Dick Grayson asks one of his college professors who is involved in memory research to consult on a case, but in the process Batgirl's memories are erased by the professor, who learns Batgirl's and Robin's secret identities from the stolen memories. Later, Batgirl's memories are restored, except for the memory of Batman and Robin's secret identities.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #11/1980 published May 1980
as "Mnemo-Sabotage"! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-6351
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batcave
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.7
Job Number: L-453
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Brian Nelson, Jeffrey Lowndes and Dean Schopp.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1979
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 79,872
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 90,197
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019
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Computer Crisis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Dharlu aliens
Synopsis: While on monitor duty in the Justice League satellite, the Atom discovers baby Dharlu aliens in the computer.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-6271
Disclose Notes: The Dharlu first appeared in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #130.
Feature next appears in Action Comics starting with #513.
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The Bogus Butlers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman's Butler Alfred
Character(s): Alfred Pennyworth; Robin
Synopsis: When Alfred sees a newspaper photo of a butler arrested for robbery, the butler appears to be Alfred himself, so he sets out to solve the mystery.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1980 published April 1980
as Die Butler-Bande [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1 published September 1982
as Les faux serviteurs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: J-6458
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Where Strike the Assassins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; League of Assassins; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Alfred Pennyworth; Sensei; Barton McManus
Synopsis: Batman searches for a geologist who has been kidnapped by Sensei and the League of Assassins.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #2 published January 1980
as Horror auf der Achterbahn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Tales of the Demon #[nn] published May 1991
as Where Strike the Assassins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6407
Disclose Notes: Story continues in next issue.

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