Detective Comics
#493
(August 1980)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 44
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-05-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893046508
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #179.
[no title indexed]
The Human Target; Red Tornado; Batgirl; Batman; Robin / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-394
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Red Tornado; Human Target [Christopher Chance]
- Reprints
-
in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #51 ([July 1981] ?) -
in Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (DC, 2012 series) #3 ([November] 2017) - in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([May] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Riddles in the Dark
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain); Swashbuckler [Michael Carter]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (flashback); Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; J. R. Noone
- Synopsis
- The Riddler escapes and flees Gotham to go to Houston. Batman follows and teams up with a new hero, Swashbuckler, to stop the Riddler.
- Reprints
-
in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #37 (juin 1981) - in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #51 ([July 1981] ?)
- in Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (DC, 2011 series) (2011 [February 2012])
-
Indexer Notes
Swashbuckler says The Vigilante is his uncle.
The Face of Humanity!
Tales of Gotham City / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- J-6699
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Tornado
- Reprints
-
in Batman Sonderheft (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #19 (1980) - in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #51 ([July 1981] ?)
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #38 (juillet 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Actually a Red Tornado strip. Red Tornado feature continues in World's Finest Comics.
The Bobsled Run
Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
The Man in Black Wears Green!
Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- J-6609
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Kenny; Doris Dexter; Lucius Fox; Mr. Lloyd; Mr. Myers (the man in black)
- Synopsis
- Robin is determined to uncover the identity of the mysterious man in black who has been following Dick around campus.
- Reprints
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #37 (juin 1981)
- in Batgirl and Robin (K. G. Murray, 1982 ? series) (February 1982)
- in Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
The 18-Wheel War Contract!
The Human Target / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- J-6736
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Target [Christopher Chance]
- Reprints
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #40 (octobre 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Note: guest stars with Slam Bradley in #500.
Flames of Fear!
Batgirl / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-6607
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Stein; Robert "Bob" Barton; Richard Bender; Jim Dover (father); Tracy Dover (young girl)
- Synopsis
- Batgirl must rescue a little girl from a building fire.
- Reprints
- in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #11 (1981)
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #37 (juin 1981)
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([May] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Tracy Dover and her father are identified by name in Detective Comics #494, although the father's first name is not revealed until Detective Comics #496.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Human Target; Red Tornado; Batgirl; Batman; Robin -
1.
Riddles in the Dark
Batman -
2.
The Face of Humanity!
Tales of Gotham City -
3.
The Bobsled Run
Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies -
4.
The Man in Black Wears Green!
Robin -
5.
The 18-Wheel War Contract!
The Human Target -
6.
Flames of Fear!
Batgirl -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Batcave
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- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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