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Detective Comics #492

DC · Series began 1937 · July 1980

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Dates

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

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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.

Publisher’s description

One morning in Gotham City, Alfred Pennyworth awakens Bruce Wayne after reading terrible news in the newspaper: Batgirl has been killed. He hurries to call Commissioner Gordon to talk about the tragedy, only to find Gordon seeming rather calm. Batman notices Gordon’s odd behavior and deduces that there is more going on than meets the eye.

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)