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Issue: Detective Comics #493
Publication Date: August 1980
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Issues: #493 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: 05/27/1980
Volume: 44
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893046508
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 #179.
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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
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Target; Red Tornado; Batgirl; Batman; Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Red Tornado; Human Target [Christopher Chance]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-394
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Riddles in the Dark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain); Swashbuckler [Michael Carter]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (flashback); Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; J. R. Noone
Synopsis: The Riddler escapes and flees Gotham to go to Houston. Batman follows and teams up with a new hero, Swashbuckler, to stop the Riddler.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Swashbuckler says The Vigilante is his uncle.
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The Face of Humanity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of Gotham City
Character(s): Red Tornado
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #19 published January 1980
as Rätsel hoch drei [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-6699
Disclose Notes: Actually a Red Tornado strip. Red Tornado feature continues in World's Finest Comics.
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The Bobsled Run

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man in Black Wears Green!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Kenny; Doris Dexter; Lucius Fox; Mr. Lloyd; Mr. Myers (the man in black)
Synopsis: Robin is determined to uncover the identity of the mysterious man in black who has been following Dick around campus.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6609
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The 18-Wheel War Contract!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Target
Character(s): Human Target [Christopher Chance]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-6736
Disclose Notes: Note: guest stars with Slam Bradley in #500.
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Flames of Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Stein; Robert "Bob" Barton; Richard Bender; Jim Dover (father); Tracy Dover (young girl)
Synopsis: Batgirl must rescue a little girl from a building fire.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #11 published January 1981
as Flammen der Angst! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6607
Disclose Notes: Tracy Dover and her father are identified by name in Detective Comics #494, although the father's first name is not revealed until Detective Comics #496.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Batcave
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-549
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Kevin J. Dooley and Mike Sopp.

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