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Detective Comics, #498 Newsstand

Published: January 1981

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Issue Contents:
Blockbuster's Back in Town!

Story Featuring Batman

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Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Night of the Savage

Story Featuring Batman

Storyline

Blockbuster, after being presumed drowned in Gotham Harbor, washes ashore near a small West Virginia town, where he befriended by a local miner. When Batman travels to there to investigates a Blockbuster sighting, the local union boss assumes Batman is there to investigate his criminal activities and takes steps to eliminate him.

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The first few pages of the story take place shortly after Batman's last encounter with Blockbuster in Batman #309. In the present, Batman is shown to be recovering from the gunshot would he received in Detective Comics #497. Story continues in Detective Comics #499.

The Flash Meets the Bureauc-Rat

Story Featuring The Flash , Ad Featuring Hostess Fruit Pies

Storyline

The Flash stops the Bureauc-Rat and his Red-Tape gun with a hostess fruit pie.

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The Tightening Web!

Story Featuring Batgirl

Storyline

With Barbara charged with murder, and new evidence continuing to pile up against her, Batgirl must investigate to find out who is framing her.

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Letters of comment from Brian Nelson, Steve Gawronski, and Rick Kennedy.