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DETECTIVE COMICS #496
Cover Date: November 1980
Cover Price: $.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood
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Credits:
| Story | Michael Fleisher |
| Pencils | Don Newton |
| Inks | Dan Adkins |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Clayface (Basil Karlo; last in issue #49; next in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #44; believed killed in this story)
- John Carlinger (first appearance; an actor and director who poses as Clayface to kill his former co-stars)
Other Character(s):
- Myrna Gentry (first appearance; star of the horror film "The Fog From Beyond")
- Stacy Darnell (first appearance; an actress in the horror film "The Fog From Beyond")
- Bill Motherwell (first appearance; an actor in the horror film "The Fog From Beyond")
- Rita Morgansen (first appearance; an acquaintance of Bruce Wayne's, party caterer)
- Herman (first appearance; a party guest)
- other party guests
- Nurse Jacobs (first appearance; dies)
- an unfortunate pickup truck driver (first appearance; dies)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011)
Credits:
| Story | Cary Burkett |
| Pencils | Jose Delbo |
| Inks | Bob Smith |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Doctor Voodoo (first appearance; uses voodoo to put people in trances to do his bidding; next in issue #501/2)
- his mesmerized slaves (first appearance of all)
Other Character(s):
- Jeff Cotton (next in issue #501/2)
- Jim Dover
- Tracy Dover
- Assistant District Attorney Charles Turner (first appearance)
- Detective Cameron (first appearance)
- G.C.P.D.
- citizens of Gotham City
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Congressman Scanlon (mentioned)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #2 (2019)