Volume: 43
Price: 1.00 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1979-03-06
Editing: Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #484 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Batgirl / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-969
Characters:
James Gordon; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0709893046507

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.

Batcave
(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
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?
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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Assault on Olympus!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-5652
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.
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The "Who is Floyd Fenderman Anyway?" Contract!
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Human Target / comic story / 9 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-5968
Characters:
Human Target [Christopher Chance]; Luigi; Vanessa Van Dyke
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The Race Against Murder!
(Table of Contents: 4)

Batgirl / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-5913
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 (2)

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

Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-5923
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 (3)

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

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  • Genre:superhero; horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5996
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 (3)

Indexer Notes

Eternity Book

The Galileo Solution
(Table of Contents: 7)

Unsolved Cases of the Batman / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-5654
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mike Dolly; Professor Higley
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Originally prepared for the Batman title.

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

Batcave / letters page / 1 page

Script:
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

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 (2)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batgirl
  2. Batcave
  3. Assault on Olympus!
    Batman
  4. The "Who is Floyd Fenderman Anyway?" Contract!
    The Human Target
  5. The Race Against Murder!
    Batgirl
  6. The Return of the Flying Graysons!
    Robin
  7. Tyme Has No Secrets!
    The Demon
  8. The Galileo Solution
    Unsolved Cases of the Batman
  9. [no title indexed]
    Batcave
  10. Sinisterly Yours-- The Super Villains!
    Batman
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