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Detective Comics 492

DETECTIVE COMICS #492

Cover Date: July 1980
Cover Price: $1.00

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors: Anthony Tollin


Story: "[Chapter One] Vengeance Trail" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Burkett
PencilsDon Newton
InksDan Adkins
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsAdrienne Roy
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Guest Star(s):

Batgirl (last in the last story last issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon
Alfred Pennyworth

Villain(s):

General Scarr (also in flashback to early years)
Cormorant

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Foundation

Story Reprinted in:

Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011)
Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #2 (2019)


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Second Story: "Chapter Two... At War with General Scarr" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Burkett
PencilsDon Newton
InksBob Smith
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJohn Costanza
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Batgirl

Guest Star(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

James Gordon

Villain(s):

General Scarr (next in World's Finest Comics #279)
Cormorant (next in Batgirl Special #1)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011)
Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #2 (2019)


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Third Story: "Fifty Million Tons of Soul!" (9 Pages)
"Tales of Gotham City"

Credits:

StoryBob Haney
PencilsBob Oksner
InksBob Smith
LetteringJohn Costanza
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Rusty Krebs (first appearance; maintenance man on the Gotham Memorial Bridge)

Villain(s):

Three Bank Robbers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Carleton Wainwright (first appearance; elderly designer of the Gotham Memorial Bride in 1940; dies)

Location(s):

Gotham City


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Fourth Story: "We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay..." (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBob Rozakis
PencilsRomeo Tanghal, Jr.
InksVince Colletta
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Man-Bat (last in issue #485/5; next in Brave and the Bold #165)

Supporting Character(s):

Francine Langstrom
Rebecca Langstrom

Villain(s):

Three gang members (first appearance for all)
A giant rat (first appearance)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fifth Story: "The First Bird" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack C. Harris
PencilsCharles Nicholas
InksVince Colletta
LetteringMilt Snapinn
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Jennifer

Villain(s):

Penguin (last in World's Finest Comics #261; next in Brave and the Bold #166)

Other Character(s):

Man in Black

Location(s):

New Carthage
Hudson University

Comment(s):

This story continues into next issue.


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