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Publisher: DC

Title: Detective Comics
Issue: 489
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: April 1980
Volume: 44

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Detective Comics #489
Owner: Par2ch

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman (small image)


Story Title: Creatures of the Night! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; Moon the Mystic; Ivorn
Synopsis:There's a vampire roaming Gotham City but Batman doesn't believe it.


Story Title: The Borrower - comics-form advertising
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Borrower
Synopsis:The only way Wonder Woman can stop the Borrower long enough to capture him is to set out some Twinkies so he takes a snack break.


Story Title: When the Inmates Run the Madhouse! - comic story
Features:Tales of Gotham City
Pages:8
Genre:drama; crime
Characters:Commissioner James Gordon; Charlie Morgan; Goldie Rivers; Monk Nichols; Warden Michael Pendergast
Synopsis:Ex-con Charlie Morgan blames Gordon for his brother's death during a robbery, so he arranges a prison riot to lure Gordon to the facility to exact his revenge.


Story Title: The Mind Warp Mystery - comic story
Pages:15
Genre:superhero
Characters:Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Theel; Mr. Boyde; McCabe (death); Reynolds (death)
Synopsis:Dick Grayson asks one of his college professors who is involved in memory research to consult on a case, but in the process Batgirl's memories are erased by the professor, who learns Batgirl's and Robin's secret identities from the stolen memories. Later, Batgirl's memories are restored, except for the memory of Batman and Robin's secret identities.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Features:Batcave
Pages:1.7
Pencils:? (logo illustration)
Inks:? (logo illustration)
Colors:? (logo illustration)
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - statement of ownership
Pages:0.3
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Computer Crisis - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Dharlu aliens
Synopsis:While on monitor duty in the Justice League satellite, the Atom discovers baby Dharlu aliens in the computer.


Story Title: The Bogus Butlers - comic story
Features:Batman's Butler Alfred
Pages:5
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Alfred Pennyworth; Robin
Synopsis:When Alfred sees a newspaper photo of a butler arrested for robbery, the butler appears to be Alfred himself, so he sets out to solve the mystery.


Story Title: Where Strike the Assassins - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; League of Assassins; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Alfred Pennyworth; Sensei; Barton McManus
Synopsis:Batman searches for a geologist who has been kidnapped by Sensei and the League of Assassins.


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