Detective Comics, #482
Published: February-March 1979
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Bat-Mite (mainstream Universe)
- Batgirl (mainstream Universe)
- Batman (mainstream Universe)
- Jason Blood (mainstream Universe)
- David Corby (mainstream Universe)
- Etrigan the Demon (mainstream Universe)
- Barbara Gordon (mainstream Universe)
- Dick Grayson (mainstream Universe)
- The Raven (mainstream Universe)
- Robin (mainstream Universe)
- Bruce Wayne (mainstream Universe)
- Xavier Simon (in a gorilla's body)
Credits
- Pencils: Rich Buckler
- Inks: Dick Giordano
- Colors: Tatjana Wood
- Letters: Marjorie van Doorn
Story Notes
Wraparound cover.
Batcave
Credits
- Script: Paul Levitz
- Pencils: Pete Newsom Jr.
- Inks: Pete Newsom Jr.
Story Notes
Introduction and contents page on inside front cover.
Night of the Body Snatcher!
"You are Bruce Wayne, the Batman,"
Characters
- Batman (mainstream Universe)
- James Gordon (mainstream Universe)
- Bruce Wayne (mainstream Universe)
- Xavier Simon (death)
Credits
- Script: Jim Starlin
- Pencils: Jim Starlin
- Inks: P. Craig Russell
- Colors: Tatjana Wood
- Letters: Bruce Simon
A Quick Death in China!
"Well, Tom, what do we do?"
Storyline
Wo Fong has captured Barbara and Leslie, Barbara because he believes he can use her to lure her brother Tony out of hiding, and Leslie because he believes that she is secretly Batgirl.
Characters
- Batgirl (mainstream Universe)
- Batman (mainstream Universe)
- Senator Thomas Cleary (mainstream Universe)
- Wo Fong (mainstream Universe)
- Barbara Gordon (mainstream Universe)
- Commissioner James Gordon (mainstream Universe)
- Tony Gordon (mainstream Universe) [Death]
- Dick Grayson (mainstream Universe)
- Sino-Superman (mainstream Universe)
- Leslie Tauburn (mainstream Universe)
- Bruce Wayne (mainstream Universe)
- Lewis Efrem
- Hiro Yoshita (news anchor)
Credits
- Script: Bob Rozakis
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Frank Chiaramonte
- Colors: Jerry Serpe
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
Story Notes
Barbara learns that her brother Tony whom she believed to be dead, was actually living under an assumed name hiding out from the Chinese government whom he had spied against (as first revealed in The Batman Family #12). Unfortunately, it appears that Tony does die while rescuing Barbara at the end of this story.
The Eternity Book
"In a timeless world of shadows, secrets, and unspeakable horrors,"
Characters
- Jason Blood (mainstream Universe)
- Etrigan the Demon (mainstream Universe)
- Klarion the Witchboy (mainstream Universe)
- Glenda Mark (mainstream Universe)
- Harry Matthews (mainstream Universe)
- Merlin (mainstream Universe)
- Morgaine le Fey (mainstream Universe)
- Randu Singh (mainstream Universe)
- Teekl (mainstream Universe)
- Baron Tyme (mainstream Universe)
- Aldo Beckerman (death)
Credits
- Script: Len Wein
- Pencils: Michael Golden
- Inks: Dick Giordano
- Colors: Jean-Marie Borbouse
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!
"In the New York offices of DC comics,"
Characters
- Bat-Mite (mainstream Universe)
- Michael Golden (mainstream Universe)
- Jack C. Harris (mainstream Universe)
- Paul Levitz (mainstream Universe)
- Al Milgrom (mainstream Universe)
- Bob Rozakis (introduction)
- Bob Smith (introduction)
- Milt Snapinn (introduction)
- Anthony Tollin (introduction)
- Todd Klein (production)
Credits
- Script: Bob Rozakis
- Pencils: Michael Golden
- Colors: Agata Nocuń
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
- Inks: Bob Smith
Story Notes
Per letter column in Batman Family #20, story originally planned for Batman Family #23.
The League of Crime!
"Roll the tape, please."
Storyline
Robin has encounters with the new villain Raven, and a new heroine, Card Queen, unaware that both are actually agents of Maze.
Characters
- Card Queen (mainstream Universe)
- David Corby (mainstream Universe)
- Duela Dent (mainstream Universe)
- Dick Grayson (mainstream Universe)
- The Raven (mainstream Universe)
- Robin (mainstream Universe)
- Lieutenant Rick Tatem (mainstream Universe)
- Maze
Credits
- Script: Bob Rozakis
- Pencils: Juan Ortiz
- Colors: Adrienne Roy
- Letters: Ben Oda
- Inks: Dave Hunt
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Pete Newsom Jr.
- Inks: Pete Newsom Jr.
Story Notes
Letters from: Mike Bates, Mike White and Tony Edwards. Sequence on inside back cover page.