Detective Comics #505 [Direct]
(August 1981)

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Volume
45
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-04-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor); Cary Burkett (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

Werewolf Moon (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
C-650
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Anthony Lupus (werewolf)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Todd Klein lettering credit from http://kleinletters.com/1981Covers.html. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Werewolf Moon (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Don Newton
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-7352
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Doctor Monroe; Angela Lupus; Mrs. Lupus (mother of Angela and Anthony); Mr. Lupus (father of Angela and Anthony, photo); Arthur Reeves; Mr. Clayton; Anthony Lupus (werewolf)
Synopsis
To save a dying child, Batman must travel to Alaska to find her lost sibling, Anthony Lupus, who was believed dead after becoming a werewolf and fighting Batman years before.
Reprints
Keywords
werewolf

Indexer Notes

Werewolf Anthony Lupus previously battled Batman in Batman #255.

Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman

Hunt for a Hunchback Killer (Table of Contents: 3)

Batgirl / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Burkett
Pencils
José Delbo
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7379
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Batcave / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-816

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Eric Carver, Mark Lagasse, Fred Schneider, Carmine Infantino, J. P. Kelly, David Lomazoff, David Wile, Karen Morchy, Andrew Laubacher, and Jon Hebert.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Werewolf Moon
    Batman
  2. 1. Werewolf Moon
    Batman
  3. 2. Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman
  4. 3. Hunt for a Hunchback Killer
    Batgirl
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Batcave
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore