Detective Comics #480 (1978) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Perfect Fighting Machine	cover	1	pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Bruce Wayne
1	The Perfect Fighting Machine	comic story	17	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Karisha	Batman, Bruce Wayne
3	-	in-house column	0.6	script: Bob Rozakis
4	43 Bob Smith	in-house column	0.4	script: Paul Kupperberg
5	The Case of the Off-Key Crimes!	comic story	8	script: Len Wein; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Ben Oda	Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]; Commissioner Emmett
6	-	letters page	1	script: Bob Rozakis

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Tales of the Batman: Don Newton #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3294-8	2012	On eBay ›
Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-7161-9	2017	On eBay ›

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