DETECTIVE COMICS #489 [DC COMICS] 1980 FN/VF

Series Title: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)

Issue #: 489

Story Title:

• Creatures of the Night!
• When the Inmates Run the Madhouse!
• The Mind Warp Mystery
• Computer Crisis
• The Bogus Butlers
• Where Strike the Assassins

Date of Publication: April 1980

Edition: Standard Edition

Publisher: DC / DC Comics Inc.

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: 1.00 USD

Cover Artists: Ross Andru, Dick Giordano, Tatjana Wood

Artists: Irv Novick, Vince Colletta, Steve Mitchell, Don Heck, Alex Saviuk, José Delbo, Bob Smith, Don Newton, Dan Adkins, Adrienne Roy, Gene D'Angelo, Bob LeRose

Writers: J. M. DeMatteis, Paul Kupperberg, Jack C. Harris, Bob Rozakis, Denny O'Neil

Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Matches Malone, Moon the Mystic, Ivorn, Commissioner James Gordon, Charlie Morgan, Robin (Dick Grayson), Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Professor Theel, The Atom (Ray Palmer), Alfred Pennyworth, League of Assassins, Bronze Tiger (Ben Turner), Sensei, Barton McManus

First Appearances: Professor Theel

Key Facts:

• 68-page Dollar Comic. Title goes monthly (was bi-monthly). League of Assassins thread from #485 and #487 continues into #490.
• 8-page “Creatures of the Night!” by J. M. DeMatteis and Irv Novick. Vampire talk in Gotham. Batman does not buy it. Matches Malone.
• 8-page Tales of Gotham City “When the Inmates Run the Madhouse!” by Paul Kupperberg and Novick. Billed as Commissioner Gordon’s first solo. Ex-con Charlie Morgan blames Gordon for his brother’s death and starts a riot to get him inside.
• 15-page Batgirl and Robin “The Mind Warp Mystery” by Jack C. Harris and Don Heck. Hudson professor Theel’s memory serum. Theel wipes Barbara, lifts Batgirl, Robin and Batman IDs off the tape. Theel dies. Memories come back except Batman and Robin’s secret identities.
• 5-page Atom “Computer Crisis” by Bob Rozakis and Alex Saviuk. JLA satellite. Baby Dharlu in the computer (Dharlu from Justice League of America #130). Feature next in Action Comics #513.
• 5-page Alfred “The Bogus Butlers” by Rozakis and José Delbo. Newspaper photo of a butler who looks like Alfred.
• 10-page “Where Strike the Assassins” by Denny O'Neil, Don Newton and Dan Adkins. Sensei and the League take a geologist. Bronze Tiger. Continues in #490.
• 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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