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Title: | Detective Comics |
Issue: | 491 |
Page Count: | 68 |
Publish Date: | June 1980 |
Volume: | 44 |
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Detective Comics #491
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7.5
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Detailed information about the issue is listed below.
Story Title: | [ no title ] - cover |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | superhero |
Characters: | Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
Story Title: | The Saga of Johnny West - advertisement |
Features: | Johnny West; Acme Western Boots |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | western-frontier |
Characters: | Johnny West |
Story Title: | The Riddle of the Golden Fleece - comic story |
Pages: | 17 |
Genre: | superhero |
Characters: | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Professor Price; Medea (Maxie's daughter); Maxie Zeus (villain); Bernard O'Hara (villain); Fred Britt (villain; death) |
Synopsis: | Maxie Zeus tries to steal a gold cloth as a gift for his daughter. |
Story Title: | Fragrance of Death! - comic story |
Features: | Tales of Gotham City |
Pages: | 7 |
Genre: | detective-mystery |
Characters: | Jason Bard [also as Griffin]; Rose Bard (first appearance, flashback, death); Scratch (first appearance, flashback, death); Mark Kelson (first appearance, villain, flashback); Mr. Bard [as Doug Parker] (first appearance, villain, flashback, death) |
Synopsis: | Jason tells an old caretaker of how he found his mother's killer... who just happened to be his father. |
Story Title: | A Flash in the Dam - comics-form advertising |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | superhero |
Characters: | Flash [Barry Allen]; The Destroyer |
Story Title: | The Target of the Death-Dealer - comic story |
Pages: | 8 |
Genre: | superhero |
Characters: | Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Kenny; Doris Dexter; Ben Dexter; Mr. Washington; unnamed gambler; Chief Frank McDonald; Mr. Myers (the man in black) |
Synopsis: | Robin captures a gambler who's trying to blackmail a basketball player. |
Story Title: | Special Bonus Pin-Up - illustration |
Pages: | 1 |
Letters: | typeset |
Genre: | superhero |
Characters: | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
Story Title: | Short-Circuit - comic story |
Pages: | 10 |
Genre: | superhero |
Characters: | Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Lincoln Trask; Leon (villain); Jacques Cravin (villain); Mama Mambu |
Synopsis: | Black Lightning saves Lincoln Trask and himself from the burning building and manages to stop Jacques Cravin from escaping. During the battle Lightning discovers that his powers no longer work. Jacques confesses that he tried to burn Lightning's body in the fire in able to trick the mob into thinking that it was he who perished in the fire so they would stop coming after him. |
Story Title: | [ no title ] - letters page |
Features: | Batcave |
Pages: | 2 |
Letters: | typeset |
Story Title: | The Assassination of Batgirl! - comic story |
Pages: | 8 |
Genre: | superhero |
Characters: | Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; James Stein; Richard Bender (first appearance); Robert "Bob" Barton (first appearance); General Scarr (villain); Cormorant (villain); Tracy Dover (young girl hostage) |
Synopsis: | The mob hires an assassin to kill Batgirl. |
Story Title: | Street Ball - advertisement |
Features: | Spalding |
Pages: | 1 |
Genre: | sports |
Characters: | Rick Barry; Dr. J [Julius Erving] |
Synopsis: | NBA stars Rick Barry and Julius "Dr. J" Erving demonstrate their skills at a playground basketball game with some kids and discuss the quality of Spalding autograph basketballs. |
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