CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #500

DC · Series began 1937 · March 1981

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Dates

Cover date: March 1981
Pages: 84

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #500 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893046503
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Creators

pencils: Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Dick Giordano, Walter Simonson, Tom Yeates, José Luis García-López, Jim Aparoinks: Walter Simonson, Dick Giordano, Joe Kubert, Tom Yeates, José Luis García-López, Bob Smith, Jim Aparocolors: Anthony Tollin, Jack Adler, Adrienne Roy, Tatjana Wood, Walter Simonsonletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Jim Aparo, Adam Kubertscript: Alan Brennert, Len Wein, Charles Schulz, Mike W. Barr, Walter Gibson, Paul Levitz, Cary Batesediting: Len Wein

Stories

To Kill a Legend · 19 pages
The "Too Many Cooks..." Caper! · 13 pages
Once Upon a Time... · 2 pages
The Final Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe! · 8 pages
The Batman Encounters - Gray Face · 8 pages
The Strange Death of Doctor Erdel · 8 pages
The Hawks solve The Strange Death of Dr. Erdel.
What Happens When a Batman Dies? · 22 pages
The Guest List · 1 pages

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinCommissioner James GordonJ'Onn J'OnzzMartian ManhunterKatar HolHawkmanRalph DibnyThe Elongated ManBoston BrandDeadmanShayera ThalThomas WayneMartha WayneThe Phantom StrangerHawkgirlSue Dearbon DibnyJoe ChillSlam BradleyRoy RaymondChristopher ChanceThe Human TargetJason BardPow-Wow SmithCaptain CompassRick CarterMysto

Reprinted in

DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (2021), The Best of DC (1979), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), Batman in the Eighties (2004), Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (2014), Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (2014), Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert (2016), Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019), Detective Comics: Batman 80th Anniversary Giant (2019), Deadman Omnibus (2020)