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Detective Comics, #489

Published: April 1980

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Issue Contents:

Story Featuring Batgirl , Story Featuring Robin

"With your memory destroyed, my secret's safe!"

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Story Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Creatures of the Night!

Story Featuring Batman

Storyline

There's a vampire roaming Gotham City but Batman doesn't believe it.

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The Borrower

Story Featuring Wonder Woman , Ad Featuring Hostess Twinkies

Storyline

The only way Wonder Woman can stop the Borrower long enough to capture him is to set out some Twinkies so he takes a snack break.

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Story Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in sequential art form. Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company

When the Inmates Run the Madhouse!
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Ex-con Charlie Morgan blames Gordon for his brother's death during a robbery, so he arranges a prison riot to lure Gordon to the facility to exact his revenge.

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This story is billed on the cover of this issue as Commissioner Gordon's first solo story.

The Mind Warp Mystery

Story Featuring Batgirl , Story Featuring Robin

Storyline

Dick Grayson asks one of his college professors who is involved in memory research to consult on a case, but in the process Batgirl's memories are erased by the professor, who learns Batgirl's and Robin's secret identities from the stolen memories. Later, Batgirl's memories are restored, except for the memory of Batman and Robin's secret identities.

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Computer Crisis

Story Featuring The Atom

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While on monitor duty in the Justice League satellite, the Atom discovers baby Dharlu aliens in the computer.

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Story Notes

The Dharlu first appeared in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #130. Feature next appears in Action Comics starting with #513.

The Bogus Butlers
Storyline

When Alfred sees a newspaper photo of a butler arrested for robbery, the butler appears to be Alfred himself, so he sets out to solve the mystery.

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Where Strike the Assassins

Story Featuring Batman

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Batman searches for a geologist who has been kidnapped by Sensei and the League of Assassins.

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Story Notes

Story continues in next issue.

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Statement of October 1, 1979 Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 79,872 Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 90,197 Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019

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Letters of comment from Brian Nelson, Jeffrey Lowndes and Dean Schopp.