Detective Comics #499
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeDetective Comics #499 brings a visceral, claustrophobic cover by Jim Aparo, depicting Batman locked in a fierce struggle with a bare-chested opponent as tunnel timbers buckle and rocks tumble all around them — the bold "CAVE-IN!!!" caption says everything about the danger bearing down on both men. A downed figure lies at their feet, half-buried in debris, deepening the sense of desperate chaos underground. The issue also promises a Batgirl backup story billed as the shocking conclusion of "Barbara Gordon, Murderer!" — making this February 1981 issue a genuinely compelling double-feature from DC.
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Batgirl must escape from a death trap and rescue Doreen from killers to get the evidence she needs to prove that Barbara Gordon was framed.
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