DETECTIVE COMICS #486 [DC COMICS] *DICK GIORDANO COVER* 1979 FN

Series Title: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)

Issue #: 486

Story Title:

• Murder by Thunderbolt
• The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Contract!
• Crime Calls Killer Moth!
• The Hospitable Hostage!
• Fear Times Four

Date of Publication: October–November 1979

Edition: Standard Edition

Publisher: DC / DC Comics Inc.

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: 1.00 USD

Cover Artists: Dick Giordano, Tatjana Wood

Artists: Don Newton, Dan Adkins, Dick Giordano, Don Heck, Joe Giella, George Tuska, Bob Smith, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jack Abel, Adrienne Roy, Glynis Oliver, Gene D'Angelo, Tatjana Wood, Jerry Serpe

Writers: Denny O'Neil, Len Wein, Jack C. Harris, Bob Rozakis

Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Maxie Zeus, Reuben Rice, The Joker, Iggy Zafuto, Plowboy, Alfred Pennyworth, Human Target (Christopher Chance), Judy Dorrance, Dane Dorrance, Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Killer Moth (Cameron van Cleer), Ace, Commissioner James Gordon, Robin (Dick Grayson), Chief Frank McDonald, Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane)

First Appearances: Reuben Rice, Plowboy, Iggy Zafuto

Key Facts:

• 68-page Dollar Comic. Dick Giordano cover.
• Lead 17-page “Murder by Thunderbolt” by Denny O'Neil, Don Newton and Dan Adkins. A skydiver, once in Maxie Zeus’s outfit, dies mid-dive. Zeus is in Arkham, Joker in the next cell, and Zeus thinks his own thunder did it. A rival wants the turf. Batman hits a party, smells a bomb meet, leaves a decoy Batmobile and lets them blow it. The faithful servant was faking Zeus’s “godly” hits to keep the gang in line. New Batmobile required.
• 8-page Human Target “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Contract!” by Len Wein and Dick Giordano. Judy Walton is now Judy Dorrance, married to Sea Devil Dane Dorrance. Chance takes the dive job.
• 8-page Batgirl “Crime Calls Killer Moth!” by Jack C. Harris and Don Heck. Killer Moth loose in Washington. A boy wants his father’s killer found.
• 7-page Alfred “The Hospitable Hostage!” by Bob Rozakis and George Tuska. Burglars in the penthouse. Alfred keeps them off the secret.
• 12-page Robin “Fear Times Four” by Harris and Kurt Schaffenberger. Scarecrow, as Mr. Reynard, blackmails four Hudson benefactors with their worst fears.
• 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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