DETECTIVE COMICS #495 [DC COMICS] NEWSSTAND *JIM APARO COVER* 1980 FN+

Series Title: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)

Issue #: 495 [Newsstand]

Story Title:

• Murder in Quicksilver
• Into the Fire!
• Bossman's Bane!
• Animals
• The Gotham Connection

Date of Publication: October 1980

Edition: Newsstand Edition

Publisher: DC / DC Comics Inc.

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: 1.00 USD

Cover Artists: Jim Aparo, Tatjana Wood

Artists: Don Newton, Frank Chiaramonte, Dan Spiegle, José Delbo, Gérald Forton, Charles Nicholas, Vince Colletta, Adrienne Roy, Gene D'Angelo, Bob LeRose

Writers: Michael Fleisher, Bob Rozakis, Cary Burkett, J. M. DeMatteis, Jack C. Harris

Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Crime Doctor (Dr. Bradford Thorne), Sterling Silversmith, Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Commissioner James Gordon, Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce), Lynn Stewart, Jimmy Olsen, Inspector William Henderson, Ice, Duke Street Kings, Robin (Dick Grayson)

First Appearances: Ice, Duke Street Kings

Key Facts:

• 68-page Dollar Comic. Crime Doctor two-parter concludes from #494. Sterling Silversmith last seen in #446.
• Lead 17-page “Murder in Quicksilver” by Michael Fleisher, Don Newton and Frank Chiaramonte. Crime Doctor knows Batman is Bruce Wayne, Batman knows who he is. He runs. Silversmith grabs him and poisons him with mercury for the name. Thorne will not talk. Brain damage. Batman is left wondering if the name went anywhere else.
• 4-page Tales of Gotham City “Into the Fire!” by Bob Rozakis and Dan Spiegle. Feature next in Batman #334.
• 10-page Batgirl “Bossman's Bane!” by Cary Burkett and José Delbo. Evidence on crime boss Ray Beeler.
• 12-page Black Lightning “Animals” by J. M. DeMatteis and Gérald Forton. Suicide Slum Olympics. Ice and the Duke Street Kings take hostages for a million. Lightning gets them out and keeps the cops from shooting the gang.
• 8-page Robin “The Gotham Connection” by Jack C. Harris and Charles Nicholas. Drug ring versus classwork. Robin solos move to Batman #337.
• 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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