Detective Comics #483 for Sale - First Appearance of Maxie Zeus - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue: #483
Publication date: April-May 1979
Key date: 1979-04-00
On-sale date: 1979-01-09
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 68
Barcode: 0709893046505
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Maxie Zeus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chief McDonald - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-López; colors: Tatjana Wood	Batman, Joe Chill, Leslie Thompkins, Bruce Wayne, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne
1	Batcave	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Paul Levitz
2	The Curse of Crime Alley	comic story	16	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Dan Adkins; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd Klein; editing: Julius Schwartz	Batman, Joe Chill, Leslie Thompkins, Bruce Wayne, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne, Maxie Zeus First
3	The "Lights!...Camera!...Murder!" Contract!	comic story	8	script: Len Wein; pencils: Howard Chaykin; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Ben Oda	Christopher Chance, The Human Target
4	A Date with Batgirl	comic story	12	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Allen Milgrom	Batgirl, Barbara Gordon
5	Return to Castle Branek!	comic story	10	script: Len Wein; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Todd Klein	Jason Blood, Etrigan the Demon, Francine Langstrom, Kirk Langstrom, Man-Bat, Glenda Mark, Harry Matthews, She-Bat, Randu Singh, Inspector Stavic, Baron Tyme
6	Terminus!	comic story	10	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: David Hunt; colors: Boris Zabok; letters: Ben Oda	Card Queen, David Corby, Duela Dent, Lori Elton, Dick Grayson, Chief McDonald First, The Raven, Robin, Lt. Rick Tatem
7	Gotham's Great Kangaroo Race!	comic story	8	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Mike Stevens; editing: Julius Schwartz	Alfred Pennyworth, Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Bruce Wayne
8	40 Years of the Ultimate Detective	text article	0.75	script: Mike W. Barr
9	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset
10	Happy Anniversary from the Whole Batman Family!	illustration	1	pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Todd Klein	Alfred Pennyworth, Batgirl, Batman, Oswald Cobblepot, Barbara Gordon, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Joker, Edward Nigma, Penguin, Riddler, Robin, Bruce Wayne

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best of DC #5	1980	On eBay ›
Batman in the Seventies #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-565-X	2000	On eBay ›
The Steve Ditko Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-3235-1	2012	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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