Cover: Jim Aparo

Detective Comics #497

Dec 1980 · DC · 0.50 USD

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“Bad Night in Baja”

In "Bad Night in Baja," Batman ventures into the desert heat of Baja Mexico to recover stolen missile launch codes from the criminal known as The Squid, who plans to auction them to the highest bidder. Written by Gerry Conway and brought to life by Don Newton’s gritty interiors, with Dan Adkins’ inks and Adrienne Roy’s colors, the story unfolds in a tense, sun-scorched chase as Batman, wounded and on the run, takes refuge in a run-down hotel while The Squid’s men close in. The cover by Jim Aparo captures the issue’s noir edge with a stark, shadowed image of Batman in silhouette against a desert dusk.

writer Gerry Conway · artist Don Newton · inker Dan Adkins · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Ben Oda · cover Jim Aparo

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Full credits

writer Gerry Conway

artist Don Newton

inker Dan Adkins

colorist Adrienne Roy

letterer Ben Oda

cover pencils, inks Jim Aparo

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Batman travels to Baja Mexico to retrieve stolen US missile launch codes from The Squid who is planning to sell them to the highest bidder. Batman escapes with the documents but is badly wounded and hides out in a seedy hotel with the Squid and his men in pursuit.

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