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Detective Comics #488 (1980) · The Collector

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Detective Comics (1937)
#488

DC Comics#488

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Detective Comics #488

The Spook's Death Sentence for Batman / The Last Duty! / The Leader of the Dark Lords / Minus One Miracle Car! / The Great Campus Kidnap!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: February 1980
On sale: Nov 6, 1979
Cover price: $1.00
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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When the Spook is hired to free a death row inmate, he causes Batman to switch places with the prisoner, with the guards believing that Batman is the prisoner as the clock ticks down to the scheduled execution.

Credits

Writers: Cary Burkett, Denny O'Neil, Jack C. Harris, Mike W. Barr
Pencillers: Don Newton, Johnny Craig, José Delbo, Eduardo Barreto, Kurt Schaffenberger
Inkers: Dan Adkins, Johnny Craig, Frank Chiaramonte, Joe Giella, Vince Colletta
Colorists: Tatjana Wood, Adrienne Roy, Doug Klein, Gene D'Angelo
Letterers: Milt Snapinn, Ben Oda
Cover: Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Paul Levitz
Cover letters: Gaspar Saladino
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth· Cameo
Batgirl
Batman
Bernie Johnson
Bruce Wayne· Cameo
Chief Frank McDonald
Clem Schnectady
Commissioner James Gordon
Desmond Foster
Elongated Man
Jeff Laird
Jennifer Anne
Lucius Fox
Mr. Torr
Mr. Wilton
other unnamed Dark Lords]
other unnamed Invaders]
Robin
Salgoto
Sanchez
Selina Kyle· Cameo
Simon Thatcher
Spook
Sue Dibny
the Dark Lords [Alo Ramerez
The Invaders [Len Rockwell

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