DETECTIVE COMICS #487 [DC COMICS] 1979 VG/FN

Series Title: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)

Issue #: 487

Story Title:

• The Perils of Sergius
• The Aliens Among Us!
• The Iron Solution
• The Pharaoh and the Mummies! (reprint from Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2, intended for Shade the Changing Man #9)
• The Case of the Campaign Crimes

Date of Publication: December 1979–January 1980

Edition: Standard Edition

Publisher: DC / DC Comics Inc.

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: 1.00 USD

Cover Artists: José Luis García-López, Tatjana Wood

Artists: Don Newton, Dan Adkins, Dave Hunt, Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Giella, Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano, Steve Mitchell, Adrienne Roy, Bob LeRose, Gene D'Angelo

Writers: Denny O'Neil, Bob Rozakis, Jack C. Harris, Steve Ditko

Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Matches Malone, Sensei, League of Assassins, Sergius, Alfred Pennyworth, Ma Murder, Roy Raymond, Morgan Edge, Hawkgirl (Shiera Hall), Robin (Dick Grayson), Odd Man (Clay Stoner), Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Commissioner James Gordon

First Appearances: Odd Man (Clay Stoner) — first general-release appearance, Ma Murder

Key Facts:

• 68-page Dollar Comic. First general-release appearance of Steve Ditko’s Odd Man (Clay Stoner). League of Assassins thread continues from #485 toward #489–#490.
• Lead 17-page “The Perils of Sergius” by Denny O'Neil, Don Newton and Dan Adkins. Sensei thinks writer Sergius has his plan and farms the hit to Ma Murder. Sergius has been trying to reach Batman for a book. Two failed attempts, then a drown-trap in the apartment. Matches Malone is already inside and becomes Batman.
• 6-page Roy Raymond “The Aliens Among Us!” by Bob Rozakis and Dave Hunt. Hawkgirl as Madame X.
• 10-page Robin “The Iron Solution” by Jack C. Harris and Kurt Schaffenberger. Wayne bank in West Germany. US troops look dirty. Stolen experimental tank.
• 8-page Odd Man “The Pharaoh and the Mummies!” by Ditko. Drawn for unpublished Shade the Changing Man #9, printed first in limited Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2, dialogue rewritten here. Pharaoh’s gun wraps victims in plastic.
• 10-page Batgirl “The Case of the Campaign Crimes” by Harris and Dick Giordano. Re-election. Opponent targeted.
• 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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