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Publisher: DC

Title: Detective Comics
Issue: 491
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: June 1980
Volume: 44

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Detective Comics #491
Owner: Par2ch

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]


Story Title: The Saga of Johnny West - advertisement
Features:Johnny West; Acme Western Boots
Pages:1
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Johnny West


Story Title: The Riddle of the Golden Fleece - comic story
Pages:17
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Professor Price; Medea (Maxie's daughter); Maxie Zeus (villain); Bernard O'Hara (villain); Fred Britt (villain; death)
Synopsis:Maxie Zeus tries to steal a gold cloth as a gift for his daughter.


Story Title: Fragrance of Death! - comic story
Features:Tales of Gotham City
Pages:7
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Jason Bard [also as Griffin]; Rose Bard (first appearance, flashback, death); Scratch (first appearance, flashback, death); Mark Kelson (first appearance, villain, flashback); Mr. Bard [as Doug Parker] (first appearance, villain, flashback, death)
Synopsis:Jason tells an old caretaker of how he found his mother's killer... who just happened to be his father.


Story Title: A Flash in the Dam - comics-form advertising
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Flash [Barry Allen]; The Destroyer


Story Title: The Target of the Death-Dealer - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:superhero
Characters:Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Kenny; Doris Dexter; Ben Dexter; Mr. Washington; unnamed gambler; Chief Frank McDonald; Mr. Myers (the man in black)
Synopsis:Robin captures a gambler who's trying to blackmail a basketball player.


Story Title: Special Bonus Pin-Up - illustration
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]


Story Title: Short-Circuit - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:superhero
Characters:Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Lincoln Trask; Leon (villain); Jacques Cravin (villain); Mama Mambu
Synopsis:Black Lightning saves Lincoln Trask and himself from the burning building and manages to stop Jacques Cravin from escaping. During the battle Lightning discovers that his powers no longer work. Jacques confesses that he tried to burn Lightning's body in the fire in able to trick the mob into thinking that it was he who perished in the fire so they would stop coming after him.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Features:Batcave
Pages:2
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Assassination of Batgirl! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; James Stein; Richard Bender (first appearance); Robert "Bob" Barton (first appearance); General Scarr (villain); Cormorant (villain); Tracy Dover (young girl hostage)
Synopsis:The mob hires an assassin to kill Batgirl.


Story Title: Street Ball - advertisement
Features:Spalding
Pages:1
Genre:sports
Characters:Rick Barry; Dr. J [Julius Erving]
Synopsis:NBA stars Rick Barry and Julius "Dr. J" Erving demonstrate their skills at a playground basketball game with some kids and discuss the quality of Spalding autograph basketballs.


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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