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Issue: Detective Comics #505

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Publication Date: August 1981

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Issues: #505 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/28/1981

Volume: 45

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)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

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:

Variants3

2 Detective Comics #505 [Direct]

Detective Comics #505 [British]

Detective Comics #505 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In4

1 Content Item
- Werewolf Moon [Illustration on Cover, Front]0

reprinted as/ in another Issue.

3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Indicia

Content Items (5 total)

Werewolf Moon

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Anthony Lupus (werewolf)

Reprinting

In Issue:

Batman #2 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Sonderheft #25 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-650

Notes: Todd Klein lettering credit from http://kleinletters.com/1981Covers.html. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Werewolf Moon

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Doctor Monroe; Angela Lupus; Mrs. Lupus (mother of Angela and Anthony); Mr. Lupus (father of Angela and Anthony, photo); Arthur Reeves; Mr. Clayton; Anthony Lupus (werewolf)

Synopsis: To save a dying child, Batman must travel to Alaska to find her lost sibling, Anthony Lupus, who was believed dead after becoming a werewolf and fighting Batman years before.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Sonderheft #25 published January 1982
as Der Werwolf [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Job Number: J-7352

Notes: Werewolf Anthony Lupus previously battled Batman in Batman #255.

Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Hunt for a Hunchback Killer

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Extra #5 published January 1982
as Die Jagd nach dem Buckelmörder [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: J-7379

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Batcave

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: L-816

Notes: Letters of comment from Eric Carver, Mark Lagasse, Fred Schneider, Carmine Infantino, J. P. Kelly, David Lomazoff, David Wile, Karen Morchy, Andrew Laubacher and Jon Hebert.