Detective Comics
#500
[Direct]
(March 1981)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 45
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand
- DC [bullet]
- 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
This issue has variants.
Lots of former Detective characters in the back-up Slam Bradley strip.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed); Joe Kubert (signed); Carmine Infantino (signed); Walt Simonson (signed); Tom Yeates (signed); José Luis GarcÃa-López (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed); Joe Kubert (signed); Bob Smith (signed); Walt Simonson (signed); Tom Yeates (signed); José Luis GarcÃa-López (signed)
- Colors
- Jack Adler; Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shayera]; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Slam Bradley; Commissioner James Gordon; Pow-Wow Smith; Roy Raymond; Captain Compass; Christopher Chance; Jason Bard
- Reprints
-
in Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (DC, 2014 series) (2014) - in Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert (DC, 2016 series) ([July] 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Detective Comics
Batman / table of contents / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Indexer Notes
Contents page with illustration on inside front cover.
To Kill a Legend
Batman / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Alan Brennert
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-6870
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Phantom Stranger; Lieutenant James Gordon; Martha Wayne (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback)
- Reprints
-
in Batman Sonderausgabe (Egmont Ehapa, 1981 series) #1 (1981) - in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #23 (April 1982)
-
in Gigant (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1983 (uke 24 1983) - in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([December] 1988)
- in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) #[nn] ([June] 1989)
- in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #[1] ([June] 1989)
- in Batman in the Eighties (DC, 2004 series) (2004)
- in Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert (DC, 2016 series) ([July] 2016)
-
The "Too Many Cooks..." Caper!
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo
- Inks
- Jim Aparo
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- Job Number
- J-7087
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Roy Raymond; Human Target [Christopher Chance]; Jason Bard; Mysto the Magician Detective; Captain Compass; Pow-Wow Smith
Indexer Notes
With lots of cameos and guest-stars in this anniversary issue.
Once Upon a Time...
Batman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Len Wein; Charles M. Schulz [as Snoopy]
- Pencils
- Walt Simonson
- Inks
- Walt Simonson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-7176
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #11/1981 (uke 45 1981)
- in Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (DC, 2014 series) ([December] 2014)
-
in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #13/1981 which is reprinted - in Batman (SatellitFörlaget, 1989 series) #10/1990 (december 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Text is from a number of Peanuts strips published in 1970.
The Final Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe!
The Elongated Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Mike W. Barr
- Pencils
- José Luis GarcÃa-López
- Inks
- José Luis GarcÃa-López
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-6992
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
- Reprints
-
in Faucon Noir (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #24 (mars 1982) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Batman Encounters - Gray Face
Batman / text story / 8 pages
- Script
- Walter Gibson
- Pencils
- Tom Yeates
- Inks
- Tom Yeates
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-7170
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Gray Face
Indexer Notes
Text story with small illustrations.
The Strange Death of Doctor Erdel
Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Levitz
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert
- Inks
- Joe Kubert
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Adam Kubert
- Editing
- Len Wein (guest editor)
- Job Number
- J-7060
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Martian Manhunter (cameo, origin)
- Synopsis
- The Hawks solve The Strange Death of Dr. Erdel.
- Reprints
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #57 (décembre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Spécial USA (Albin Michel, 1985 series) #19 (mars 1986)
-
Indexer Notes
Title taken from contents page. Also listed in last panel of story.
What Happens When a Batman Dies?
Batman; Deadman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-6876
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon
- Reprints
The Guest List
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Carmine Infantino; Walt Simonson; Tom Yeates; José Luis GarcÃa-López
- Inks
- Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Bob Smith; Walt Simonson; Tom Yeates; José Luis GarcÃa-López
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Reproduction of cover in various states of completion, plus text about the characters. On inside back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
Detective Comics
Batman -
2.
To Kill a Legend
Batman -
3.
The "Too Many Cooks..." Caper!
Slam Bradley -
4.
Once Upon a Time...
Batman -
5.
The Final Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe!
The Elongated Man -
6.
The Batman Encounters - Gray Face
Batman -
7.
The Strange Death of Doctor Erdel
Hawkman -
8.
What Happens When a Batman Dies?
Batman; Deadman -
9.
The Guest List
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Dave Marchand
- Derek Reinhard
- Lars Brueder
- Patrick Lemaire
- Nick Caputo
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Jim Van Dore
- Denys Howard
- Lou Mazzella
- Ramon Schenk
- Peter Croome
- Jim Stangas
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- Chris Launder
- Terry Vraspir
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