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Issue: Detective Comics #492
Publication Date: July 1980
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Issues: #492 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: 04/22/1980
Volume: 44
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046507
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #178.
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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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The End of Batgirl!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-359
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Vengeance Trail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner Gordon; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Cormorant; General Scarr
Synopsis: After General Scarr's henchman, Cormorant, almost kills Batgirl, Batman goes after the crime boss but is captured.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #10 published January 1980
as Todesangst! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-6557
Disclose Notes: Crossover with Batgirl, story continues from last issue's Batgirl story, concludes in Batgirl story in this issue.
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Chapter Two... At War with General Scarr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; General Scarr; Commissioner Gordon; Cormorant
Synopsis: Batgirl saves Batman from General Scarr and Cormorant, and regains her belief in herself.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #10 published January 1980
as Krieg mit General Schmiss! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6576
Disclose Notes: Crossover with Batman, story continues from Batman story this issue.
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A Flash in the Dam

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; The Destroyer
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Fifty Million Tons of Soul!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of Gotham City
Character(s): "Rusty" Krebs; Linda; David; Nickels (Bank Robber); Carleton Wainwright
Synopsis: "Rusty" Krebs spends his life painting the Gotham Memorial Bridge. One day he stops a jumper and then helps stop a gang of bank robbers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #20/1980 published October 1980
as Der Mann in Schwarz sieht Rot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-6447
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We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man-Bat [Kirk Lanstrom]; Captain Daniels; Ralph (Gang Member); Francine Lanstrom; Rebecca Lanstrom
Synopsis: Man-Bat saves a subway train stuck in a tunnel and menaced by a giant rat.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #32 published January 1983
as Fahrt ohne Rückkehr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-6644
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The First Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Kenny; Doris Dexter; Mr. Myers (the man in black)
Synopsis: Robin stops Penguin from stealing a Pterodactyl egg.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #20/1980 published October 1980
as Das verlorene Ei [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6556
Disclose Notes: The man in black is identified as Mr. Myers in Detective Comics #493.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batcave
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-534
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Matt Kurtz, Neil Ahlquist and Chris Khalaf.

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