Published: June 1980
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Story Featuring Batman , Story Featuring Batgirl , Story Featuring Robin
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Story Featuring Batman
Maxie Zeus tries to steal a gold cloth as a gift for his daughter.
Jason tells an old caretaker of how he found his mother's killer... who just happened to be his father.
A spin-off character from Batgirl's strip, Jason Bard is the featured character in this Tales of Gotham City. Note Jason Bard is a guest star in the Slam Bradley strip in Detective Comics #500.
Story Featuring The Flash , Ad Featuring Hostess Twinkies
Advertisement for Continental Baking Company which holds the registered trademarks for Hostess and Twinkies. The Flash is copyright DC Comics.
Story Featuring Robin
Robin captures a gambler who's trying to blackmail a basketball player.
The man in black is identified as Mr. Myers in Detective Comics #493.
Story Featuring Black Lightning
Black Lightning saves Lincoln Trask and himself from the burning building and manages to stop Jacques Cravin from escaping. During the battle Lightning discovers that his powers no longer work. Jacques confesses that he tried to burn Lightning's body in the fire in able to trick the mob into thinking that it was he who perished in the fire so they would stop coming after him.
Created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden.
Story Featuring Batgirl
The mob hires an assassin to kill Batgirl.
Story continues in next issue's Batman story, and concludes in next issue's Batgirl story. Tracy Dover is identified by name in Detective Comics #494.
Batman logo in masthead. Letters from readers - Henry J. Kujawa, Scott Gibson, Phil Schweier and Mark Ryan - and responses from Paul Levitz.
NBA stars Rick Barry and Julius "Dr. J" Erving demonstrate their skills at a playground basketball game with some kids and discuss the quality of Spalding autograph basketballs.
Ad for Spalding basketballs. On back cover.
Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for Acme boots from Acme Boot Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Northwest Industries. Inc.
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