Detective Comics
#502
[Newsstand]
(May 1981)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 45
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-02-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893046505
- Editing
- Paul Levitz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #188.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #502 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #502 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-562
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Lucius Fox
- Reprints
-
in Batman collection Le Justicier (Sage - Sagédition, 1982 series) #1 - Rendez-vous à Paris ! (avril 1982) -
in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017) - in Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (DC, 2012 series) #3 ([November] 2017)
- in Batman Allies: Alfred Pennyworth (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
![Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #502 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/5/w200/5607.jpg?8068723065786858322)
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Who Shot Mlle. Marie?
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Job Number
- J-6991
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Lucius Fox; Julia Remarque; Jacques Remarque; Inspector Dupre [Roget]; Mlle. Marie (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Batman, Alfred, and Lucius are held captive by a former French resistance group who want to avenge their former leader Mlle. Marie by holding a trial for the man whom they believe killed her: Alfred Pennyworth.
- Reprints
-
in Batman Sonderheft (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #23 (1981) - in Batman collection Le Justicier (Sage - Sagédition, 1982 series) #1 - Rendez-vous à Paris ! (avril 1982) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
-
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #422 (16 October 1984) - in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
- in Batman Allies: Alfred Pennyworth (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Julia Remarque revealed as the daughter of Alfred and Mlle. Marie (Mlle. Marie is a character from Star-Spangled War Stories comic).
Story continues from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #501.
To Live a Nightmare!
Batgirl / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-7245
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Tracy Dover; Bob Barton; Dr. Voodoo (villain)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Voodoo kidnaps Tracy to lure Batgirl into a trap.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #17/1981 (19. August 1981)
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #44 (3e trimestre 1982)
- in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #444 (9. april 1985.)
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([May] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #501.
[no title indexed]
Batcave / letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz (answered letters)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Mike Sopp, and Andrew Laubacher.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Average # copies per issue sold, previous year - 64,635.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
Who Shot Mlle. Marie?
Batman -
2.
An Arrow in Time
Green Arrow; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
To Live a Nightmare!
Batgirl -
4.
[no title indexed]
Batcave -
5.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
- Katie
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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