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DETECTIVE COMICS #500
Cover Date: March 1981
Cover Price: $1.50
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Dick Giordano (signed), Joe Kubert (signed), Carmine Infantino (signed), Walt Simonson (signed), Tom Yeates (signed), José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed), Joe Kubert (signed), Bob Smith (signed), Walt Simonson (signed), Tom Yeates (signed), José Luis García-López (signed)
Colors: Anthony Tollin, Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | Alan Brennert |
| Art | Dick Giordano |
| Lettering | John Workman |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (also in flashback to his youth)
- Robin
- Bruce Wayne of Earth-Five (first appearance; decides to start training as a crimefighter)
Guest Star(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Thomas Wayne (in flashback only; dies)
- Martha Wayne (in flashback only; dies)
- Lt. James Gordon of Earth-Five (first appearance)
- Thomas Wayne of Earth-Five (first appearance; saved by the Earth-One Batman)
- Martha Wayne of Earth-Five (first appearance; saved by the Earth-One Batman)
Villain(s):
- Joe Chill (in flashback only)
- Joe Chill of Earth-Five (first appearance; dies)
- Lew Moxon of Earth-Five (first appearance; orders Chill killed)
Other Character(s):
- Barbara Kean of Earth-Five (first appearance; Lt. Gordon's fiancee')
Location(s):
- Gotham City
- Gotham City of Earth-5
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on the 21st, and the Waynes of Earth-One were killed on the 26th.
Story Reprinted in:
- Best of DC #23 (April 1982)
- The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988)
- Batman in the Eighties (2004)
- Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert (2016)
- Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019)
- Detective Comics: Batman 80th Anniversary Giant (2019)
Credits:
| Story | Len Wein |
| Art | Jim Aparo |
| Lettering | Jim Aparo |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
- Slam Bradley (in between issues #151 and #572)
- Human Target (in between issue #493/4 and #515)
- Pow-Wow Smith (last in issue #202/4; final appearance)
- Roy Raymond (last in issue #487/2; next in DC Comics Presents #32/2)
- Captain Compass (last in issue #224/2; final appearance)
- Jason Bard (last in Brave and the Bold #172; next in Batman Vol. 1 #334)
- Mysto (last in issue #213/3; final appearance)
Villain(s):
- Victor Dominion (first appearance; a crime boss wanted by Archie Evergreen; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Archie Evergreen (first appearance; former cop and private investigator; dying of cancer; fakes murder; dies)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Plot | Len Wein |
| Story | Snoopy |
| Art | Walt Simonson |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Robbers (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- A Maid (first appearance)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (2014)
Credits:
| Story | Mike W. Barr |
| Art | José Luis García-López |
| Lettering | John Workman |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
- Elongated Man (last in Justice League of America #188; next in Flash Vol. 1 #296)
Supporting Character(s):
- Sue Dibny (last in flashback in Identity Crisis #2; next in Flash Vol. 1 #296)
Villain(s):
- Steve Billman (first appearance)
- Marcia Douglas (first appearance; Mr. Pohe's assistant)
Other Character(s):
- Edwin Allman Pohe (finds unprinted story by Edgar Allen Poe)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Greenwich Village
Credits:
| Story | Walter Gibson |
| Art | Tom Yeates |
| Lettering | Typeset |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Grey Face (first appearance; an Oriental crimemaster)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This is a text story with illustrations.
Credits:
| Story | Paul Levitz |
| Art | Joe Kubert |
| Lettering | Adam Kubert |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Editing | Len Wein |
Feature Character(s):
- Hawkman (between Justice League of America #188/2 and #189)
- Hawkwoman (between Justice League of America #188/2 and #189)
Villain(s):
- Computer system (gaining sentience kill Erdel in flashback; destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- Fred Schneider (first appearance; Dr. Erdel's former lab assistant; in brief flashback where he discovers Dr. Erdel's body)
- Anne Erdel (behind the scenes; Dr. Erdel's niece)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Bob Smith |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
Feature Character(s):
Guest Star(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Alfred Pennyworth (in flashback only)
- Robin
- Commissioner Gordon
Villain(s):
- Unnamed hitman (first appearance; uses dog with poisoned bite to kill Batman)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (2014)