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Publisher: DC

Title: Detective Comics
Issue: 493
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: August 1980
Volume: 44

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Detective Comics #493
Owner: Par2ch

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:The Human Target; Red Tornado; Batgirl; Batman; Robin
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Red Tornado; Human Target [Christopher Chance]


Story Title: Riddles in the Dark - comic story
Pages:17
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain); Swashbuckler [Michael Carter]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (flashback); Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; J. R. Noone
Synopsis:The Riddler escapes and flees Gotham to go to Houston. Batman follows and teams up with a new hero, Swashbuckler, to stop the Riddler.


Story Title: The Face of Humanity! - comic story
Features:Tales of Gotham City
Pages:9
Genre:superhero
Characters:Red Tornado


Story Title: The Bobsled Run - comics-form advertising
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]


Story Title: The Man in Black Wears Green! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:superhero
Characters:Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Kenny; Doris Dexter; Lucius Fox; Mr. Lloyd; Mr. Myers (the man in black)
Synopsis:Robin is determined to uncover the identity of the mysterious man in black who has been following Dick around campus.


Story Title: The 18-Wheel War Contract! - comic story
Features:The Human Target
Pages:9
Genre:superhero
Characters:Human Target [Christopher Chance]


Story Title: Flames of Fear! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Stein; Robert "Bob" Barton; Richard Bender; Jim Dover (father); Tracy Dover (young girl)
Synopsis:Batgirl must rescue a little girl from a building fire.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Features:The Batcave
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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