Detective Comics
#481
(December 1978-January 1979)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 42
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-09-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893046501
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); Al Milgrom (editor)
Issue Notes
Batgirl, Robin, and Man-Bat features move over from the just-cancelled Batman Family (DC, 1975 series).
On-sale date from Comic Reader #160.
On-sale date from Comic Reader #160.
Murder in the Night
Batman / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Starlin (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Job Number
- C-285
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Detective Comics Starring the Batman Family
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Todd Klein (credited as T.K.)
- Inks
- Todd Klein (credited as T.K.)
- Letters
- Todd Klein
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Credits confirmed from Todd Klein's website (http://kleinletters.com/1979OtherStuff.html).
Ticket to Tragedy
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Marshall Rogers
- Inks
- Marshall Rogers
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Mike Stevens
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
- Job Number
- S-2973
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Sir Basil Smythe; Henry Frome; Greeny Velvet; Milt Solo
- Reprints
-
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #114 (1979) -
in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #4 (1979) -
in Héros 2000 (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #2 (avril 1979) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #11/1979 (Oktober 1979) -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #11/1979 (uke 44 1979) - in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #8/1980 (Juli 1980)
-
in Batman in the Seventies (DC, 1999 series) (1999 [February 2000]) - in Legends of the Dark Knight: Marshall Rogers (DC, 2011 series) (2011 [January 2012])
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #34 - Batman - Im Zeichen des Jokers
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Does the Costume Make the Hero?
Robin / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Don Newton
- Inks
- Dan Adkins
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Editing
- Al Milgrom
- Job Number
- J-5372
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Dick Grayson]; Margie Spratt; Lori Elton; Dave Corby; Chief Frank McDonald; Raven (villain); Bart Twitchell; Warner
- Synopsis
- Robin agrees to try-out three different new look costumes designed by his fans. While investigating the disappearance of Gary Stephans, Robin has another encounter with the mysterious Raven.
- Reprints
- in Héros 2000 (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #1 (février 1979)
- in Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Robin costume designs sent in by readers Joe Montgomery, Paul Decker and George T. Johnston.
Robin previously battled the Raven in The Batman Family #19.
A Slow Death in China!
Batgirl / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Editing
- Al Milgrom
- Job Number
- J-5454
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Senator Thomas Cleary [Tom]; Leslie Tauburn; the Sino-Superman; Wo Fong
- Synopsis
- Batgirl travels to China to learn more about the Sino-Supermen and their possible connection with her brother Tony.
- Reprints
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([May] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Batgirl previously battled the Sino-Supermen in The Batman Family #19.
The Whittles Snatch
Man-Bat / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Don Newton
- Inks
- Dave Hunt
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Al Milgrom
- Job Number
- J-5436
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jason Bard; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Francine Langstrom; Rebecca Langstrom; J. J. Whittles
- Reprints
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #123 (1980)
- in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #7/1980 (Juni 1980)
- in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #7/1980 (uke 27 1980)
-
Murder in the Night!
Batman / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (layouts)
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell (finished art)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Karin Kish
- Editing
- Al Milgrom
- Job Number
- J-5456
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Ronald Thursgood; Ramsey Larken; Bruno Clark; Xavier Simon; Thomas Wayne (flashback)
- Reprints
-
in Batman Pocketbook (Egmont/Methuen, 1978 series) #5 (1979) - in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #5 (1979)
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #124 (1980)
- in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #8/1980 (uke 31 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Batmail Family / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Mike Grell (illustration)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Bob Rodi, Dave Elyea, Martin Maenza, Wallace L. Hopkins, Scott Huver and Kevin J. Dooley.
Sequence on inside back cover page.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Murder in the Night
Batman -
1.
Detective Comics Starring the Batman Family
-
2.
Ticket to Tragedy
Batman -
3.
Does the Costume Make the Hero?
Robin -
4.
A Slow Death in China!
Batgirl -
5.
The Whittles Snatch
Man-Bat -
6.
Murder in the Night!
Batman -
7.
[no title indexed]
Batmail Family
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- Peter Croome
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- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Jim Van Dore
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