Detective Comics #501 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Alfred Pennyworth
1	The Man Who Killed Mlle. Marie!	comic story	17	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Dan Adkins; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben Oda	Alfred Pennyworth
3	The Five-Fold Revenge of Dr. Voodoo	comic story	8	script: Cary Burkett; pencils: José Delbo; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: John Costanza	Batgirl, Barbara Gordon
4	-	letters page	1	script: PL

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893046504
British	price 0.15 GBP

Collection	Year
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7255-5	2017	On eBay ›
Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-7161-9	2017	On eBay ›
Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8841-9	2019	On eBay ›
Batman Allies: Alfred Pennyworth #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-9894-4	2020	On eBay ›

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