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DETECTIVE COMICS #482 Cover Description: Batman and Xavier Simon (in ape's body); vignettes of Batgirl, Robin, Demon, and Bat-Mite Cover Credits: Dick Giordano (artist; signed) |
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Story: "Night of the Body Snatcher" (20 Pages)
| Credits: Jim Starlin (plot, script, pencils); P. Craig Russell (inks); Karisha (letters); Tatjana Wood (colors); Al Milgrom (edits) |
Feature Character: Batman (next appears in Batgirl story in this issue)
Supporting Character: James Gordon (next appears in Batgirl story in this issue)
Villain: Xavier Simon (dies in this story)
Cameo Appearances: Thomas Wayne, Ronald Thursgood, Ramsey Larken, Bruno Clark
Comment:
Story continues from last issue.
Shortly after this story Batman consults with Commissioner Gordon in the Batgirl story in this issue, helps the Justice League induct Zatanna and fight the Warlock of Ys in Justice League of America #161, the Shark in Justice League of America #162, Anton Allegro and the Hidden Ones in Justice League of America #163-165, and the Secret Society of Super-Villains in Justice League of America #166-168, then teams with Superman to fight
Gitchka in World's Finest Comics #255.
Synopsis: Overpowered by the ape-body of Xavier Simon, Batman must find a way to prevent Simon from transferring his mind into the Caped Crusader's body
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Second Story: "A Quick Death In China" (11 Pages)
| Credits: Bob Rozakis (plot, script); Don Heck (pencils); Frank Chiaramonte (inks); Milt Snapinn (letters); Jerry Serpe (colors); Paul Levitz (edits) |
Feature Character: Batgirl
Guest Appearances: Batman (last appearance in Batman story in this issue; next appears in World's Finest Comics #255), Dick Grayson (Robin; last appearance in Batman Family #20; next appears in Brave and the Bold #149)
Supporting Characters: Sen. Robert Thomas Cleary, James Gordon (last appearance in Batman story in this issue; next appears in Batman #308), Tony Gordon (last appearance in Batman Family #12; dies in this story)
Villains: Wo Fong (dies in this story), Sino-Supermen (last appearance), Chinese Communists
Other Characters: Lewis Efrem (last appearance in Batman Family #18), Leslie Tauburn
Comment: Story continues from last issue.
Synopsis: Wo Fong mistakenly thinks Barbara Gordon's friend Leslie is really Batgirl and tries to make her reveal superheroic secrets, but the real Batgirl and her brother Tony Gordon find themselves teamed in combat against Wo Fong and his Sino-Supermen
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Third Story: "The Eternity Book" (15 pages)
| Credits: Len Wein (plot, script); Michael Golden (pencils); Dick Giordano (inks); Milt Snapinn (letters); Glynis Wein (colors); Paul Levitz (edits) |
Feature Character: The Demon (last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 1 #87; origin retold in this story)
Supporting Characters: Glenda Mark (last appearance in the Demon #16), Randu Singh (last appearance in Kobra #7), Harry Matthews (last appearance in the Demon #14)
Other Character: Aldo Beckermann (first appearance; dies in this story)
Cameo Appearances: Merlin, Morgaine Le Fey, Warly, Klarion, Teekl, Master-Eye Cult (in flashbacks)
Villains: Baron Tyme (last appearance in Man-Bat #1), the Unliving (first appearance; dies in this story)
Comment: Story continues in next issue.
Synopsis:
Baron Tyme's servant kills the keeper of the Eternity Book, spurring Jason Blood to become the Demon and attempt the book's recovery. |
Fourth Story: "Bat-Mite's New York Adventure" (6 Pages)
| Credits: Bob Rozakis (plot, script); Michael Golden (pencils); Bob Smith (inks); Milt Snapinn (letters); Anthony Tollin (colors); Al Milgrom (edits) |
Feature Character: Bat-Mite (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #169; last appearance)
Other Characters: Al Milgrom, Jack C. Harris, Bob Rozakis, Bob Smith, Milt Snapinn, Anthony Tollin (of Earth-Prime?; only appearance for all)
Synopsis: Bat-Mite shows up at the DC offices and demands his own feature in Detective Comics #482.
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Fifth Story: "The League of Crime" (12 Pages)
| Credits: Bob Rozakis (plot, script); Juan Ortiz (pencils); David Hunt (inks); Ben Oda (letters); Adrienne Roy (colors); Al Milgrom (edits) |
Feature Character: Robin I
Guest Stars: The Harlequin (as the Card Queen; last appearance in Batman Family #19)
Villains: The Raven, MAZE
Comment: Story continues in next issue.
Synopsis: After seeing how Robin handled two of his costumed operatives, a MAZE head orders the Teen Wonder brought to him dead
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