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Detective Comics #505 (1981) · The Collector

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Detective Comics (1937)
#505

DC Comics#505

Detective Comics

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Detective Comics #505

Werewolf Moon / Hunt for a Hunchback Killer

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: August 1981
On sale: Apr 28, 1981
Cover price: $0.50
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Printing not stated · $0.50
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Printing not stated · GB market · £0.15
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Grand Comics Database issue 35587

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To save a dying child, Batman must travel to Alaska to find her lost sibling, Anthony Lupus, who was believed dead after becoming a werewolf and fighting Batman years before.

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Printing not stated · $0.50

Credits

Writers: Gerry Conway, Cary Burkett
Pencillers: Don Newton, José Delbo
Inkers: Dan Adkins, Joe Giella
Colorists: Adrienne Roy, Carl Gafford
Letterers: Ben Oda, John Costanza
Covers: Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Dick Giordano
Associate editor: Cary Burkett
Cover letters: Todd Klein
Editorial coordinator: Karen Berger
Other: Joe Orlando
Vice pres: Joe Orlando

Characters

Barbara Gordon
Batgirl
Batman
Bruce Wayne

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