Detective Comics
#488
(February-March 1980)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 44
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-11-06
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893046503
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #174.
The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman!
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed as dg)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed as dg)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-238
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (spectral image); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (spectral image); The Spook
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Job Number
- J-6168
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Spook; Selina Kyle [Catwoman] (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Lucius Fox; Commissioner James Gordon; Simon Thatcher; Mr. Torr; Jeff Laird; Desmond Foster; Mr. Wilton
- Synopsis
- When the Spook is hired to free a death row inmate, he causes Batman to switch places with the prisoner, with the guards believing that Batman is the prisoner as the clock ticks down to the scheduled execution.
- Reprints
-
in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #8 (1980) -
in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #36 (avril mai 1981) -
in Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (DC, 2011 series) (2011 [February 2012])
-
The Last Duty!
Tales of Gotham City / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-6261
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Clem Schnectady
- Reprints
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #32 (novembre décembre 1980)
-
in Batman's Detective Comics (K. G. Murray, 1981 ? series) ([1981])
-
Indexer Notes
This strip uses characters from the Batman family of books in "real-life" situations.
Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing
Hawkman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Katar Hol]; sky diving club members
- Synopsis
- Hawkman rescues a man whose parachute fails to open and the rest of his club celebrates with Hostess Cup Cakes.
The Leader of the Dark Lords
Batgirl / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-6286
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; the Dark Lords (street gang) [Alo Ramerez (deceased); Sanchez; Salgoto; other unnamed Dark Lords]; The Invaders (street gang) [Len Rockwell; other unnamed Invaders]
- Synopsis
- In the wake of Barbara Gordon losing her re-election to Congress, Batgirl must try to stop violence from erupting between two street gangs when the leader of one gang is found murdered on the turf of the other gang.
- Reprints
- in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #8 (1980)
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #29 (juillet 1980)
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([May] 2019)
-
Minus One Miracle Car!
The Elongated Man / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-6304
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
- Reprints
The Great Campus Kidnap!
Robin / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-6222
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bernie Johnson; Jennifer Anne; Chief Frank McDonald; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Bruce Wayne [Batman] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Robin investigates when several Hudson University students are kidnapped.
- Reprints
- in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #8 (1980)
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #29 (juillet 1980)
- in Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman!
Batman -
1.
The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman
Batman -
2.
The Last Duty!
Tales of Gotham City -
3.
Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing
Hawkman; Hostess Cup Cakes -
4.
The Leader of the Dark Lords
Batgirl -
5.
Minus One Miracle Car!
The Elongated Man -
6.
The Great Campus Kidnap!
Robin -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Batcave
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Jim Van Dore
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