Detective Comics #484

(June-July 1979)

Batcave (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Assault on Olympus! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Don Newton

Inks

Dan Adkins

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (editor)

Job Number

J-5652

Genre

superhero

Characters

Maxie Zeus (villain); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth

Synopsis

Batman goes after Maxie Zeus by infiltrating his headquarters, but Maxie catches Batman in a deathtrap.

Reprints

• in Batman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #3 (1981)
• in Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (DC, 2011 series) (2011 [February 2012])

The "Who is Floyd Fenderman Anyway?" Contract! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Human Target / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Dick Giordano

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

Glynis Oliver (as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

J-5968

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Target [Christopher Chance]; Luigi; Vanessa Van Dyke

The Race Against Murder! (Table of Contents: 4)

Batgirl / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jack C. Harris

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

Gene D'Angelo

Letters

Mike Stevens

Job Number

J-5913

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Gordon; Ross Canton

Synopsis

Batgirl investigates to find out who is trying to kill Commissioner Gordon after he is injured by a letter-bomb.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #22/1979 (17. Oktober 1979)
• in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([May] 2019)

The Return of the Flying Graysons! (Table of Contents: 5)

Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jack C. Harris

Pencils

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors

Jerry Serpe

Letters

Albert DeGuzman (as Albert De Guzman)

Job Number

J-5923

Genre

superhero

Characters

Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin); Linda Gray; Mr. Haly; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); The Flying Graysons; Dirk Greystone; Sharon Greystone

Synopsis

Robin is surprised when Haly's Circus comes to town with its star attraction, a new trapeze act that is using the name "The Flying Graysons".

Reprints

• in Batman Sonderheft (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #15 (1979)
• in Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)

Indexer Notes

Origin recap, revealed that Mr. Haly (owner of Haly's Circus) knows Robin's secret id.

Tyme Has No Secrets! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Demon / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Glynis Oliver (as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

J-5996

Genre

superhero

Characters

Baron Tyme [Clement Tyme] (villain); The Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Inspector Stavik; Miklos; Abner Beckermann

Synopsis

The Baron's and the Demon's battle over Merlin's tomb is interrupted by Stavik and the locals. The Baron flees while the Demon recovers the Eternity Book.

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Bruguera, 1979 series) #9 (3 de diciembre de 1979)
• in The Steve Ditko Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([March] 2012)

Indexer Notes

Eternity Book

The Galileo Solution (Table of Contents: 7)

Unsolved Cases of the Batman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

John Calnan

Inks

Frank McLaughlin

Colors

Jerry Serpe

Letters

Todd Klein

Editing

Julius Schwartz (editor)

Job Number

J-5654

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mike Dolly; Professor Higley

Indexer Notes

Originally prepared for the Batman title.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Batcave / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-263

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Letters of comment from Darren Goodhart, Bruce Findley and Scott Gibson.

Sinisterly Yours-- The Super Villains! (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Aparo (signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ra's Al Ghul; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Joker; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (photo)

Reprints

• in Batman Sonderheft (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #15 (1979)
• in Batman in the Seventies (DC, 1999 series) (1999 [February 2000])

Indexer Notes

Back cover.