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Detective Comics 490

DETECTIVE COMICS #490

Cover Date: May 1980
Cover Price: $1.00

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "Requiem for a Martyr!" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsDon Newton
InksDan Adkins
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsAdrinne Roy
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Justice League of America #178; next in Brave and the Bold #163)

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Lurk (first appearance?; one of Ra's al Ghul's guards)
League of Assassins (next in flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #38)
Sensei (next in flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #38)

Other Character(s):

Ra's al Ghul (last in Brave and the Bold #159; next in Batman Vol. 1 #332)
Talia al Ghul (last in Brave and the Bold #159; next in Batman Vol. 1 #330)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Comment(s):

It is unseasonably cold.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: Tales of the Demon (1991)
Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011)


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Second Story: "Dance of Death!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMike W. Barr
PencilsJohn Calnan
InksJoe Giella
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Batgirl

Supporting Character(s):

James Gordon (next in Brave and the Bold #163)

Villain(s):

Phillipe Rey (first appearance; attempts to kill his father to gain control of a ballet company)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #2 (2019)


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Third Story: "Encounter" (3 Pages)
"Tales of Gotham City"

Credits:

StoryBob Rozakis
PencilsGeorge Tuska
InksBob Smith
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsTatjana Wood
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

A helpful policeman (first appearance)


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Fourth Story: "The Deadly Answers!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack C. Harris
PencilsAlex Saviuk
InksJohn Calnan
LetteringMilt Snapinn
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Det. Frank MacDonald

Villain(s):

Professor Milton (first appearance; a Psychology professor who was selling answers to his mid-term final)

Other Character(s):

Man in Black (first appearance; following Jennifer)

Location(s):

New Carthage
Hudson University


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Fifth Story: "Lightning Strikes Out!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMartin Pasko
PencilsPat Broderick
InksFrank McLaughlin
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsBob LeRose
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Black Lightning (also in flashback to one week before this story; last in Brave and the Bold #163)

Villain(s):

Jacques Craven (first appearance; selling fake voodoo potions)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Jefferson High School

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.


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