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Detective Comics, Issue #488

Publisher: DC

Series Title: Detective Comics Vol: 44

Issue: #488


Publish Date: February-March 1980
type: cover
Title: The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman!
Genre: superhero
Cover Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (spectral image); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (spectral image); The Spook
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Detective Comics 488 pg 52   Robin story (page 2) Comic Art
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Detective Comics 488 pg 52 Robin story (page 2)

Art Details

Artist: Kurt Schaffenberger (Penciller)
Vince Colletta (Inker)
Jack Harris (Writer)
Ben Oda (Letterer)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 281
Comments: 0
Added to Site: 4/17/2020

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Issue Breakdown

Type Title Creators Characters Synopsis
cover The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman! Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (spectral image); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (spectral image); The Spook
comic story The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Spook; Selina Kyle [Catwoman] (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Lucius Fox; Commissioner James Gordon; Simon Thatcher; Mr. Torr; Jeff Laird; Desmond Foster; Mr. Wilton When the Spook is hired to free a death row inmate, he causes Batman to switch places with the prisoner, with the guards believing that Batman is the prisoner as the clock ticks down to the scheduled execution.
comic story The Last Duty! Clem Schnectady
comics-form advertising Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing Hawkman [Katar Hol]; sky diving club members Hawkman rescues a man whose parachute fails to open and the rest of his club celebrates with Hostess Cup Cakes.
comic story The Leader of the Dark Lords Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; the Dark Lords (street gang) [Alo Ramerez (deceased); Sanchez; Salgoto; other unnamed Dark Lords]; The Invaders (street gang) [Len Rockwell; other unnamed Invaders] In the wake of Barbara Gordon losing her re-election to Congress, Batgirl must try to stop violence from erupting between two street gangs when the leader of one gang is found murdered on the turf of the other gang.
comic story Minus One Miracle Car! Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
comic story The Great Campus Kidnap! Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bernie Johnson; Jennifer Anne; Chief Frank McDonald; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Bruce Wayne [Batman] (cameo) Robin investigates when several Hudson University students are kidnapped.
letters page Letters: typeset

 

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