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498January 1981
$0.50

Detective Comics #498

DC · January 1981

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#498
Publication date
January 1981
Key date
1981-01-00
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.50
Pages
40
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Blockbuster's Back in Town!cover1pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (head shot)
1Night of the Savagecomic story17script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Dan Adkins; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben OdaBlockbuster [Mark Desmond] (villain); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Sharon (Commissioner Gordon's secretary); Hawkins; Lou; Ernie; Willie Macon; Mickey (thug); Willie Macon's wife; Ajax (villain); Roger Harp (news anchor, image on TV); 'Boss' Dooley; Dooley's me
3The Tightening Web!comic story8script: Cary Burkett; pencils: José Delbo; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Albert De GuzmanBatgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robert "Bob" Barton; Richard Bender; Jeff Cotton; Jim Dover; Assistant District Attorney Charles Turner; Randall F. Borowitz; Doreen Gray
4Batcaveletters page1script: Paul Levitz

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0709893046501
Britishprice 0.15 GBP

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