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Detective Comics, #494

Published: September 1980

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Issue Contents:
The Crime Doctor Prescribes Death!

Story Featuring Batman

Credits
Story Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

The Crime Doctor Calls at Midnight!

Story Featuring Batman

Storyline

Batman faces a new twist in crime, the Crime Doctor, who uses medical tools and knowledge to plan crimes and to help criminals for a percent of the take.

Credits
Story Notes

Story continues in next issue. Batman previously battled a Crime Doctor named Dr. Matthew Thorne in Detective Comics #77 (July 1943). This story appears to be the first meeting between Batman and any Crime Doctor, so presumably Bradford Thorne is the Earth 1 Crime Doctor and this is his first appearance, while Matthew Thorne is the Crime Doctor of Earth 2.

Pinball

"You can hear the pulse-beat of the city..."

Credits
Story Notes

Story title from Best of DC reprint.

The Lesser Evil!!!

Story Featuring Batgirl

Storyline

Batgirl investigates when two rival crime bosses clash over a theater that is slated to be torn down and replaced with affordable housing.

Credits
Story Notes

Jeff's last name is given as Cotton in Detective Comics #501.

The Hazing Homicide!

Story Featuring Robin

Storyline

Robin investigates when a fraternity pledge dies during a hazing incident.

Credits
#64 Dick Giordano

In-House Column Featuring DC Profiles

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Story Featuring Hembeck

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Explosion of the Soul!

Story Featuring Black Lightning

Storyline

Black Lightning stops the Slime Killer, a masked vigilante killing criminals in Suicide Slum who happens to be the father of one of his students, Jonathan Davis.

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The Stony-Eyed Medusa

Story Featuring The Flash , Ad Featuring Hostess Fruit Pies

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Letter Column Featuring Batcave

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Story Notes

Letters of comment from Karen Wu, Michael R. Pendley, Matt Kurtz and Scott Slonaker.

Volume 80 Issue 21 - June,1980

In-House Column Featuring Daily Planet

Story Notes

Information on expanding of story pages in DC comics, the return of Mystery in Space with issue #111, comics on sale the week of June 10th and Ask the Answer Man questions from John Camuglia, Joe David Gaspard, Abdul Razak bin Omar, Matt McKnight, Wilson Costa, Gladapple, Randy Benson, Selwyn Cambridge, R. Allen Dennis, Denis Bradervelt, Sean Turunen, Ross M. Ward, Sgt. Bennett Turk and Derick R. Harper.