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Issue: Detective Comics #496
Publication Date: November 1980
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Issues: #496 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 44
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Murder on the Mystery Ship!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (head shot)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-433
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Murder on the Mystery Ship!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Basil Karlo] (apparent death); Commissioner James Gordon; John Carlinger; Myrna Gentry; Nurse Jacobs (death); Rita Morgansen; Bill Motherwell; Stacy Darnell
Synopsis: When a horror film exposition takes place on a cruise ship in Gotham Harbor, Basil Karlo takes offense at not being invited, so he breaks out of Arkham and boards the ship to get revenge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #11 published January 1981
as Mord auf dem Horrorschiff! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.67
Job Number: J-6780
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Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batcave
First Line: Dept. of Oops
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Information on the drop in size of the magazine and a letter of comment from Jeffrey Lowndes.
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Stealer of Souls!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Dr. Voodoo; Jim Dover; Tracy Dover; Assistant District Attorney Charles Turner; Detective Cameron; Jeff Cotton
Synopsis: Batgirl battles Dr. Voodoo, who uses his mystical powers to steal diamonds. Meanwhile, the assistant district attorney prepares to arrest Barbara Gordon - for murder!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #3 published January 1981
as Der Seelenfänger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Heróis #8 published June 1983
as Ladrão de Almas! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6902

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