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DETECTIVE COMICS #491
Cover Date: June 1980
Cover Price: $1.00
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood
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Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Pencils | Don Newton |
| Inks | Dan Adkins |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Adrinne Roy |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (last in Batman Vol. 1 #324; next in World's Finest Comics #263)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Maxie Zeus (last in issue #486; next in Batman Vol. 1 #327)
- Zeus' gang:
- Hephaestus (Fred Britt; first appearance; Zeus' gagdet creator; dies)
- Barney O'Hara (first appearance; a guard at the Wayne Foundation working for Zeus)
Other Character(s):
- Medea Zeus (first appearance; Maxie's young daughter; lives in an orphanage)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011)
Credits:
| Story | Mike W. Barr |
| Art | Dan Spiegle |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
- Jason Bard (last in issue #485/5; next in Brave and the Bold #172; also in flashbacks to his youth)
Villain(s):
- "Doug Parker" (first appearance; in flashbacks only; a crook who kills Rose and is Jason's father under another name)
Other Character(s):
- Rose Bard (first appearance; in flashbacks only; dies)
- Scratch (first appearance; an informant who kills Parker; dies)
Location(s):
- Northmont (first appearance; in flashback; Jason's home town)
- Gotham City
Credits:
| Story | Jack C. Harris |
| Pencils | Alex Saviuk |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Jennifer (now Dick's girlfriend)
Villain(s):
- An unnamed gambling fixer (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Man in Black
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place during college basketball season (November-March).
Credits:
| Story | Martin Pasko |
| Pencils | Pat Broderick |
| Inks | Frank McLaughlin |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Bob LeRose |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
- Black Lightning (electric powers are short-circuited)
Villain(s):
- Jacques Craven
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Jefferson High School
Comment(s):
- This story continues from the last issue.
Credits:
| Story | Mike W. Barr |
| Pencils | Jose Delbo |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
- Batgirl (takes a job at Humanities Research and Development Center as head of Social Services Department)
Supporting Character(s):
- James Gordon (next in Batman Vol. 1 #325)
Villain(s):
- General Scarr (first appearance; organizes his gang using military forms; hires Cormorant to kill Batgirl)
- Cormorant (Edward Wells; first appearance; an expert assassin)
Other Character(s):
- James Stein (first appearance; head of HRaDC)
- Richard Bender (first appearance; head of Historical Department)
- Robert Barton (first appearance; head of Performing Arts Department)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story continues in the next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #2 (2019)