| Unofficial Detective Comics Index |
DETECTIVE COMICS #480
Cover Date: November-December 1978
Cover Price: $.50
Publication Date: 1978-08-22
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood
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Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Pencils | Don Newton |
| Inks | Dave Hunt |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Lettering | Karen Kish |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Doctor Moon (supervises the augmentation of "Tub")
- Ivan Angst (first appearance; head of Mercenaries, Incorperated, responsible for supplying assassins and thugs)
- Gork ("Tub"; first appearance; a large now mindless strongman with plastic plating covering his vulnerable spots on his body)
Other Character(s):
- Doctor Dundee (first appearance; Wayne's personal physician)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place from sometime in June through a Sunday in August, where the Batman is convalescing for six weeks.
Story Reprinted in:
- Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011)
Credits:
| Story | Len Wein |
| Art | Murphy Anderson |
| Colors | Glynis Wein |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Hawkman (last in World's Finest Comics #253/2; next in Action Comics #489)
- Hawkgirl (between World's Finest Comics #253/2 and #256/4)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Hector, Philo and Elmer (first appearance; three crooks who buy Pied Piper's weaponized musical instruments)
- Pied Piper (in between Flash #256 and #293)
Location(s):
- Midway City
- Midway City Museum