Detective Comics #500 [Direct]

(March 1981)

Detective Comics (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (signed)

Colors

Anthony Tollin; Adrienne Roy ? (see notes)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Indexer Notes

Contents page with illustration on inside front cover. Colorist added per comments by Anthony Tollin on Facebook on June 26, 2019: "I'm pretty certain that I colored this page. If not, [my] late wife Adrienne Roy colored it, but I'm pretty certain it was colored by yours truly (who also co-colored the cover with my late boss and mentor, Jack Adler)."

To Kill a Legend (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

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 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 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] (1988 [August 1989])
• in Batman in the Eighties (DC, 2004 series) ([November] 2004)
• in Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert (DC, 2016 series) ([September] 2016)
• in Detective Comics: Batman 80th Anniversary Giant (DC, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019)

The "Too Many Cooks..." Caper! (Table of Contents: 3)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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

Reprints

• in DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [February 2021])

Indexer Notes

With lots of cameos and guest-stars in this anniversary issue.

Once Upon a Time... (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein; Charles Schulz (credited as Snoopy)

Pencils

Walter Simonson

Inks

Walter Simonson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

J-7176

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #13/1981
which is reprinted
• in Batman (SatellitFörlaget, 1989 series) #10/1990 (december 1990)
• in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #11/1981 (uke 45 1981)
• in Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (DC, 2014 series) (2014 [February 2015])
• in DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [February 2021])

Indexer Notes

Text is from a number of Peanuts strips published in 1970.

The Final Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Elongated Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Mike W. Barr

Pencils

José Luis García-López

Inks

José Luis García-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 (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / text story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 7)

Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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? (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman; Deadman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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

• in Batman Sonderausgabe (Egmont Ehapa, 1981 series) #1 (1981)
• in Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (DC, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)
• in Deadman Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) (2020 [February 2021])

The Guest List (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz

Pencils

Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Carmine Infantino; Walter Simonson; Tom Yeates; José Luis García-López

Inks

Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Walter Simonson; Tom Yeates; José Luis García-López; Bob Smith

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Reproduction of cover in various states of completion, plus text about the characters. On inside back cover.