DETECTIVE COMICS #492 [DC COMICS] *JIM APARO COVER* 1980 VG/FN

Series Title: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)

Issue #: 492

Story Title:

• Vengeance Trail
• Chapter Two... At War with General Scarr
• Fifty Million Tons of Soul!
• We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay...
• The First Bird

Date of Publication: July 1980

Edition: Standard Edition

Publisher: DC / DC Comics Inc.

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: 1.00 USD

Cover Artists: Jim Aparo, Anthony Tollin

Artists: Don Newton, Dan Adkins, Bob Smith, Bob Oksner, Romeo Tanghal, Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, Adrienne Roy, Gene D'Angelo

Writers: Cary Burkett, Bob Haney, Bob Rozakis, Jack C. Harris

Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner James Gordon, Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Cormorant, General Scarr, Robin (Dick Grayson), Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom), Francine Langstrom, Rebecca Langstrom, Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot)

Key Facts:

• 68-page Dollar Comic. Cover-dated July 1980, on sale 22 April 1980. Jim Aparo cover titled “The End of Batgirl!” Two-part Batman and Batgirl crossover that continues from the Batgirl story in #491.
• 15-page “Vengeance Trail” by Cary Burkett, Don Newton and Dan Adkins. Cormorant nearly kills Batgirl. Batman goes after General Scarr and is taken.
• 10-page Batgirl “Chapter Two... At War with General Scarr” by Burkett, Newton and Bob Smith. Gordon talks her back into the suit. She finds Batman locked down. Cormorant is the man who shot her. She freezes, then watches Batman keep moving and takes Cormorant. Belief back.
• 9-page Tales of Gotham City “Fifty Million Tons of Soul!” by Bob Haney and Bob Oksner. Rusty Krebs paints the Gotham Memorial Bridge, stops a jumper, then bank robbers.
• 9-page Man-Bat “We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay...” by Bob Rozakis and Romeo Tanghal. Subway stuck. Giant rat.
• 8-page Robin “The First Bird” by Jack C. Harris and Charles Nicholas. Penguin after a pterodactyl egg. The man in black is named Mr. Myers in #493.
• 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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