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Detective Comics (1937) - #485
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Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1979
Cover Price: US $ 1.00

Issue Tagline: Whose Death Causes Batman To Swear "The Vengeance Vow"? Plus: Batgirl Robin And Man-Bat In Their Own Full-Length Features! And A Bonus Story! The Demon's Last Battle!

Format: Color; Standard Comic Issue; 64 pages

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Letters Column: Batcave

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None entered.

Reprinted/Collected in:
Batman In The Seventies (2000) TPB
Batman: Tales of the Demon (1991) TPB (1st Printing)
Batman: Tales of the Demon (1991) TPB (2nd Printing)
Batman: Tales of the Demon (1991) TPB (3rd Printing)
Batman: Tales of the Demon (1991) TPB (4th Printing)
Batman: Tales of the Demon (1991) TPB (New Printing)
Batman: Tales of the Demon (1991) TPB (Warner Books Edition)
DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection [GER] (2015) #130
Steve Ditko Omnibus (2011) HC vol. 02
Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011) HC vol. 01
The Untold Legend of the Batman (Australian) (1982) nn

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Writer(s):
Dennis 'Denny' O'Neil

Penciller(s):
Don Newton

Inker(s):
Dan Adkins

Colorist(s):
Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s):
Ben Kazuhito Oda

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League of Assassins (DC)

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Kathy Kane is attacked and killed by members of the League of Assassins, led by The Sensei and Batman is defeated in battle by Bronze Tiger. Ra's al Ghul, wanting to be head of the League of Assassins tricks Batman into chasing down The Sensei and Bronze Tiger.

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Robin The Teen Wonder

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Paul Kupperberg

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Kurt Schaffenberger

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David 'Dave' Hunt

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Gene D'Angelo

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Ben Kazuhito Oda

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Writer(s):
Len Wein

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Steve Ditko

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Glynis Wein

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Ben Kazuhito Oda

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Writer(s):
Jack C. Harris

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Don Heck

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John Celardo

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Jerry Serpe

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Ben Kazuhito Oda

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Writer(s):
Bob H. Rozakis

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Don Newton

Inker(s):
Frank McLaughlin

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Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s):
Shelly Lefferman

Editor(s):
Allen 'Al' Milgrom

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Dick Giordano

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