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Detective Comics#498
Cover: Jim Aparo & Jim Aparo

Detective Comics #498

Jan 1981 · DC · 0.50 USD
“Night of the Savage”

Blockbuster, after being presumed drowned in Gotham Harbor, washes ashore near a small West Virginia town, where he befriended by a local miner. When Batman travels to there to investigates a Blockbuster sighting, the local union boss assumes Batman is there to investigate his criminal activities and takes steps to eliminate him.

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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

artist Don Newton
colorist Adrienne Roy
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils Jim Aparo
cover inks Jim Aparo

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Blockbuster, after being presumed drowned in Gotham Harbor, washes ashore near a small West Virginia town, where he befriended by a local miner. When Batman travels to there to investigates a Blockbuster sighting, the local union boss assumes Batman is there to investigate his criminal activities and takes steps to eliminate him.

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