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Detective Comics #481 (1978) · The Collector

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Detective Comics (1937)
#481

DC Comics#481

Detective Comics

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Detective Comics #481

Ticket to Tragedy / Does the Costume Make the Hero? / A Slow Death in China! / The Whittles Snatch / Murder in the Night!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: December 1978
On sale: Sep 26, 1978
Cover price: $1.00
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Robin agrees to try-out three different new look costumes designed by his fans. While investigating the disappearance of Gary Stephans, Robin has another encounter with the mysterious Raven.

Credits

Writers: Jim Starlin, Denny O'Neil, Bob Rozakis
Pencillers: Jim Starlin, Marshall Rogers, Don Newton, Don Heck
Inkers: Marshall Rogers, Dan Adkins, Bob Smith, Dave Hunt, P. Craig Russell
Colorists: Tatjana Wood, Adrienne Roy, Gene D'Angelo, Jerry Serpe
Letterers: Mike Stevens, Shelly Leferman, Milt Snapinn, Ben Oda, Karin Kish
Cover: Jim Starlin
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editors: Julius Schwartz, Al Milgrom
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth
Bart Twitchell
Batgirl
Batman
Bruno Clark
Chief Frank McDonald
Dave Corby
Francine Langstrom
Greeny Velvet
Henry Frome
J. J. Whittles
James Gordon
Jason Bard
Leslie Tauburn
Lori Elton
Man-Bat
Margie Spratt
Milt Solo
Ramsey Larken
Raven
Rebecca Langstrom
Robin
Ronald Thursgood
Senator Thomas Cleary
Sir Basil Smythe
the Sino-Superman
Thomas Wayne
Warner
Wo Fong
Xavier Simon

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