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Detective Comics 480

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


Story: "The Perfect Fighting Machine" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsDon Newton
InksDave Hunt
LetteringKaren Kish
ColorsAdrienne Roy
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Alfred Pennyworth

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):

Gotham City
Wayne Foundation

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)


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Second Story: "The Case of the Off-Key Crimes!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLen Wein
ArtMurphy Anderson
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGlynis Wein
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius 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):

Mavis Trent
Commissioner Emmett

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


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