Detective Comics #509 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cat-Man [Thomas Blake]
1	Nine Lives Has the Cat...	comic story	19	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Dan Adkins; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben Oda	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cat-Man [Thomas Blake] (villain); Selina Kyle [Catwoman]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Doctor Terrence Thirteen [The Ghost Breaker]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (flashback); Vicki Vale (unnamed cameo)
2	The Fires of Destruction!	comic story	8	script: Cary Burkett; pencils: José Delbo; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Tom Ziuko; letters: Milt Snapinn	Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
3	Batcave	letters page	1	script: Robin Snyder

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893046512

Collection	Year
Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-7161-9	2017	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8163-2	2018	On eBay ›
Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8841-9	2019	On eBay ›

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