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Cover: Jim Aparo & Jim Aparo
Detective Comics #497
“Bad Night in Baja”
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.
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writer Gerry Conway · artist Don Newton · inker Dan Adkins · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Ben Oda · cover Jim AparoJim Aparo
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Full credits
writer Gerry Conway
artist Don Newton
inker Dan Adkins
colorist Adrienne Roy
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils Jim Aparo
cover 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.
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