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Detective Comics #492

DC · Series began 1937 · July 1980

Dates

Cover date
July 1980
On sale
April 22, 1980
Pages
68

Editions and covers

  • Original edition

    Barcode 0709893046507

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Creators

pencils: Jim Aparo, Don Newton, Curt Swan, Bob Oksner, Romeo Tanghal, Charles Nicholasinks: Jim Aparo, Dan Adkins, Bob Smith, Vince Collettacolors: Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Roy, Gene D'Angeloletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Ben Oda, Milt Snapinnscript: Cary Burkett, Bob Haney, Bob Rozakis, Jack C. Harris, Paul Levitz

Stories

  • Vengeance Trail · 15 pages

    After General Scarr's henchman, Cormorant, almost kills Batgirl, Batman goes after the crime boss but is captured.

  • Chapter Two... At War with General Scarr · 10 pages

    Batgirl saves Batman from General Scarr and Cormorant, and regains her belief in herself.

  • Fifty Million Tons of Soul! · 9 pages

    "Rusty" Krebs spends his life painting the Gotham Memorial Bridge. One day he stops a jumper and then helps stop a gang of bank robbers.

  • We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay... · 9 pages

    Man-Bat saves a subway train stuck in a tunnel and menaced by a giant rat.

  • The First Bird · 8 pages

    Robin stops Penguin from stealing a Pterodactyl egg.

Characters

Kirk LangstromMan-BatFrancine LangstromBecky Langstrom

Reprinted in

Batman Album (1976), Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011), Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018), Batgirl and Robin (1982), Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2020)

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