comicbooks.com Join Free
HomeDetective Comics › #492
Detective Comics #492 cover
Cover: Jim Aparo

Detective Comics #492

Jul 1980 · DC · 1.00 USD
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free
“Vengeance Trail”

In "Vengeance Trail," Gotham’s quiet painter Rusty Krebs finds himself drawn into a web of crime when he intervenes to stop a suicide and then helps thwart a bank robbery. Written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Bob Oksner, with lettering by John Costanza and inking by Bob Smith, this 1980 issue captures a moment of unexpected heroism in the shadows of Gotham. The cover, by Jim Aparo, sets a brooding tone that echoes the story’s tense, grounded mystery.

Was this helpful and accurate?
writer Bob Haney · artist Bob Oksner · letterer John Costanza · inker Bob Smith · cover Jim Aparo

More listings for this title

VG+ $5.99 VG $9.8 FN · Newsstand $10 VF $13.68 FINE $15 FN $15.5 VF $16.25 VF $17.99
Related listings we couldn't confirm as this exact issue · 31 total · seen 6 days ago

Sell my copy

Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.

We Buy Collections ▸
Fast, fair offers · we handle grading & shipping

Cast · 3 characters

Full credits

writer Bob Haney
artist Bob Oksner
letterer John Costanza
inker Bob Smith
cover pencils, inks Jim Aparo

Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers

▸ Reveal full plot — may contain spoilers

"Rusty" Krebs spends his life painting the Gotham Memorial Bridge. One day he stops a jumper and then helps stop a gang of bank robbers.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).

Key issues in Detective Comics

Reviews

Reader reviews

No reader reviews yet.