Detective Comics
#484
(June-July 1979)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 43
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date
- 1979-03-06
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893046507
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- Newsprint; Glossy
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.
[no title indexed]
Batgirl / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino; typeset
- Job Number
- C-969
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- James Gordon; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Batcave
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Assault on Olympus!
Batman / comic story / 16 pages
- 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
The "Who is Floyd Fenderman Anyway?" Contract!
The Human Target / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Glynis Wein
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-5968
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Target [Christopher Chance]; Luigi; Vanessa Van Dyke
The Race Against Murder!
Batgirl / comic story / 10 pages
- 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
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #22/1979 (17. Oktober 1979) -
in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
-
The Return of the Flying Graysons!
Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks
- Frank Chiaramonte
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- 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
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Origin recap, revealed that Mr. Haly (owner of Haly's Circus) knows Robin's secret id.
Tyme Has No Secrets!
The Demon / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- 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 The Steve Ditko Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([January] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Eternity Book
The Galileo Solution
Unsolved Cases of the Batman / comic story / 8 pages
- 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]
Batcave / letters page / 1 page
- 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!
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- 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) ([December] 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batgirl -
1.
Batcave
-
2.
Assault on Olympus!
Batman -
3.
The "Who is Floyd Fenderman Anyway?" Contract!
The Human Target -
4.
The Race Against Murder!
Batgirl -
5.
The Return of the Flying Graysons!
Robin -
6.
Tyme Has No Secrets!
The Demon -
7.
The Galileo Solution
Unsolved Cases of the Batman -
8.
[no title indexed]
Batcave -
9.
Sinisterly Yours-- The Super Villains!
Batman
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