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Detective Comics, Issue #494

Publisher: DC

Series Title: Detective Comics Vol: 44

Issue: #494


Publish Date: September 1980
type: cover
Title: The Crime Doctor Prescribes Death!
Genre: superhero
Cover Characters: Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce] (head shot); Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (head shot)
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Detective #494, page 38 (Charles Nicholas, 1980) Comic Art
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Detective #494, page 38 (Charles Nicholas, 1980)

Art Details

Artist: Charles Nicholas (Penciller)
Vince Colletta (Inker)
Jack Harris (Writer)
Milt Snapinn (Letterer)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 54
Comments: 1
Added to Site: 5/29/2025

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Page: 38
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Detective Comics #494 p39 (1980)  Nicholas / Colletta Robin Dick Grayson - Jennifer Swimsuits Comic Art
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Detective Comics #494 p39 (1980) Nicholas / Colletta Robin Dick Grayson - Jennifer Swimsuits

Art Details

Artist: Charles Nicholas (Penciller)
Vince Colletta (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: 625
Views: 351
Comments: 0
Added to Site: 6/1/2023

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Member Since: September 2007

Page: 39
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Issue Breakdown

Type Title Creators Characters Synopsis
cover The Crime Doctor Prescribes Death! Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce] (head shot); Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (head shot)
comic story The Crime Doctor Calls at Midnight! Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commission James Gordon; The Crime Doctor [Dr. Bradford Thorne] (introduction, villain); Alfred Pennyworth; Dr. Douglas Dundee Batman faces a new twist in crime, the Crime Doctor, who uses medical tools and knowledge to plan crimes and to help criminals for a percent of the take.
comic story Pinball Flip (a pinball wizard); Juan
comics-form advertising The Stony-Eyed Medusa Flash [Barry Allen]; Medusa
comic story The Lesser Evil!!! Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jeff Cotton; Jim Dover; Tracy Dover; Norman "Shades" Cosgrove; Ray Beeler; Boss Vance Batgirl investigates when two rival crime bosses clash over a theater that is slated to be torn down and replaced with affordable housing.
comic story The Hazing Homicide! Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Alan Proctor (deceased); Chief Frank McDonald; Judy Simmons; Biff Braddock; Dave (fraternity president); Frazer (fraternity member); Robinson (fraternity member); Philips (fraternity pledge); Rogers (fraternity pledge) Robin investigates when a fraternity pledge dies during a hazing incident.
in-house column Volume 80 Issue 21 - June,1980 Letters: typeset Air Wave [Hal Jordan]; Adam Strange; Firestorm; Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Clark Kent [Superboy]
text article #64 Dick Giordano Letters: typeset
activity Letters: typeset
comic story Superman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Metamorpho (mentioned only)
comic story Explosion of the Soul! Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Jonathan Davis (introduction); Slime Killer [Mr. Davis] (introduction, villain); Willie Carroll (introduction; villain); "Fatboy" Carter (introduction; villain); The Steel Warriors (introduction) Black Lightning stops the Slime Killer, a masked vigilante killing criminals in Suicide Slum who happens to be the father of one of his students, Jonathan Davis.
letters page Letters: typeset

 

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