Contents 1 Appearing in "The Crime Doctor Calls At Midnight!" 2 Synopsis for "The Crime Doctor Calls At Midnight!" 3 Appearing in "Tales of Gotham City" 4 Synopsis for "Tales of Gotham City" 5 Appearing in "The Lesser Evil!" 6 Synopsis for "The Lesser Evil!" 7 Appearing in "The Hazing Homicide!" 8 Synopsis for "The Hazing Homicide!" 9 Appearing in "Explosion Of The Soul!" 10 Synopsis for "Explosion Of The Soul!" 11 Notes 12 Trivia 13 See Also 14 Recommended Reading 15 Links and References

Appearing in "The Crime Doctor Calls At Midnight!"

Featured Characters:

•  Batman 

Supporting Characters:

• Commissioner Gordon
• Alfred Pennyworth

Villains:

•  Crime Doctor 
• Mike (Single appearance)
• Fred (Single appearance)
• Angie (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Dr. Dundee

Locations:

• Gotham City
  • Gotham City Police Headquarters
  • Wayne Foundation
  • Gotham City Sewer System

Items:

• Bat-Signal
• Batarang
• Batrope

Vehicles:

• Batmobile
• Crime Doctor's Ambulance
  
  

Synopsis for "The Crime Doctor Calls At Midnight!"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Tales of Gotham City"

Featured Characters:

• Flip (Only appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

• Juan (Single appearance)

Villains:

• The West-Side Mob (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Mr. Artie (Single appearance)
• Leroy (Single appearance)
• Mr. Regelski (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Gotham City

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  

Synopsis for "Tales of Gotham City"

A runner for the local mob sacrifices his life to save a child from gangsters.

Appearing in "The Lesser Evil!"

Featured Characters:

• Batgirl

Supporting Characters:

• Commissioner Gordon

Villains:

• Boss Vance (Single appearance)
• Ray Beeler (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Tracy Dover
• Jim Dover
• Jeff Cotton (First appearance)
• James Stein
• Richard Bender
• Robert Barton

Locations:

• Gotham City
  • Gotham City Police Headquarters
  • Humanities Research and Development Center

Items:

• Batrope

Vehicles:

• Batcycle
  

Synopsis for "The Lesser Evil!"

Batgirl pits herself against two rival gangs in Gotham who are fighting for control of a local theater to cement their power over a neighborhood.

Appearing in "The Hazing Homicide!"

Featured Characters:

•  Robin 

Supporting Characters:

• Jennifer Anne

Villains:

• Biff Braddock (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Alan Proctor (Appears only as a corpse)
• Judy Simmons (Single appearance)
• Philips (Single appearance)
• Rogers (Single appearance)
• David Frazer (Single appearance)
• Robinson (Single appearance)

Locations:

• New Carthage
  • Hudson University

Items:

• Batrope
• Batarang

Vehicles:

• Robin's Motorcycle
  

Synopsis for "The Hazing Homicide!"

Robin investigates a campus death by drowning which appears to be the result of a frat’s pledge hazing, but which turns out to be something quite different.

Appearing in "Explosion Of The Soul!"

Featured Characters:

•  Black Lightning 

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Villains:

• Slime Killer (Single appearance)
• Willie Carroll (Single appearance)
• "Fatboy" Carter (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Jonathan Davis (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Metropolis
  • Suicide Slum
    • Garfield High School

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  

Synopsis for "Explosion Of The Soul!"

Black Lightning takes on the Slime Killer, a vigilante who kills the evildoers in Suicide Slum.

Notes

• First Earth-One appearance of the Crime Doctor.
• This issue's "Tales of Gotham City" story is reprinted in Best of DC #11.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Write your own review of this comic!
• Discuss Detective Comics Vol 1 494 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Detective Comics series
• Images from Detective Comics Vol 1 494

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• No external links.

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