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Detective Comics #491

DC · Series began 1937 · June 1980

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Dates

Cover date: June 1980
On sale: March 25, 1980
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 0709893046506
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Creators

pencils: Ross Andru, Don Newton, Dan Spiegle, Curt Swan, Alex Saviuk, Dick Dillin, Pat Broderick, José Delbo, Jack Davisinks: Dick Giordano, Dan Adkins, Dan Spiegle, Tex Blaisdell, Vince Colletta, Bob Smith, Frank McLaughlin, Joe Giella, Jack Daviscolors: Tatjana Wood, Adrienne Roy, Gene D'Angelo, Bob LeRosescript: Denny O'Neil, Mike W. Barr, Jack C. Harris, Martin Pasko, Paul Levitz, Cary Burkettletters: Milt Snapinn, John Costanza, Ben Oda

Stories

The Riddle of the Golden Fleece · 17 pages
Maxie Zeus tries to steal a gold cloth as a gift for his daughter.
Fragrance of Death! · 7 pages
Jason tells an old caretaker of how he found his mother's killer... who just happened to be his father.
The Target of the Death-Dealer · 8 pages
Robin captures a gambler who's trying to blackmail a basketball player.
Short-Circuit · 10 pages
Black Lightning saves Lincoln Trask and himself from the burning building and manages to stop Jacques Cravin from escaping. During the battle Lightning discovers that his powers no longer work. Jacques confesses that he tried to burn Lightning's body in the fire in able to trick the mob into thinking that it was he who perished in the fire so they would stop coming after him.
The Assassination of Batgirl! · 8 pages
The mob hires an assassin to kill Batgirl.

Reprinted in

Batman Album (1976), Batman's Detective Comics (1981), Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011), Black Lightning (2016), Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018), Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2020)