DETECTIVE COMICS #482 [DC COMICS] 1979 FN/VF

Series Title: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)

Issue #: 482

Story Title:

• Night of the Body Snatcher!
• A Quick Death in China!
• The Eternity Book
• Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!
• The League of Crime!

Date of Publication: February–March 1979

Edition: Standard Edition

Publisher: DC / DC Comics Inc.

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: 1.00 USD

Cover Artists: Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano, Tatjana Wood

Artists: Jim Starlin, P. Craig Russell, Don Heck, Frank Chiaramonte, Michael Golden, Dick Giordano, Bob Smith, Juan Ortiz, Dave Hunt, Tatjana Wood, Jerry Serpe, Glynis Oliver, Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Roy

Writers: Jim Starlin, Bob Rozakis, Len Wein

Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Commissioner James Gordon, Xavier Simon, Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Senator Thomas Cleary, Wo Fong, Tony Gordon, Leslie Tauburn, Sino-Superman, Etrigan the Demon (Jason Blood), Baron Tyme, Glenda Mark, Randu Singh, Bat-Mite, Robin (Dick Grayson), Raven (David Corby), Card Queen (Duela Dent), Maze

First Appearances: Card Queen (Duela Dent in this identity)

Key Facts:

• 68-page Dollar Comic. Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano wraparound cover.
• Lead 20-page “Night of the Body Snatcher!” by Jim Starlin, layouts Starlin, finishes P. Craig Russell. Continues from #481. Xavier Simon is in a white ape body and means to put his mind into Batman. Simon dies.
• 11-page Batgirl “A Quick Death in China!” by Bob Rozakis and Don Heck. Continues from #481. Wo Fong holds Barbara and Leslie. Tony Gordon, thought dead since Batman Family #12, has been living under another name after spying on China. He dies getting Barbara out.
• 15-page Demon “The Eternity Book” by Len Wein and Michael Golden. Baron Tyme (first seen in Man-Bat #1) takes the book.
• 6-page “Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!” by Rozakis and Golden. Bat-Mite at the real DC offices. Staff as themselves. Planned for cancelled Batman Family #23. Later in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told.
• 12-page Robin “The League of Crime!” by Rozakis and Juan Ortiz. Raven and Card Queen both work for Maze. Card Queen is Duela Dent.
• Full colour throughout.

Page Count: 68 pages

Condition: Please refer to the accompanying photos for condition, we are amateur graders, all best efforts are taken when indicating a likely grade. Should you require further photos, please contact us. Includes archival bag and board.

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