Comic Title: Detective Comics #500
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1981
On Sale Date: December 23, 1980 Copyright Date December 23, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Newsstand Date December 23, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #186

Newsstand Date December 22, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #49

Shipping Date December 2, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #49

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 80
Editor: Paul Levitz

Title: "The 'Too Many Cooks...' Caper"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Slam Bradley (of Earth-1)

Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Jim Aparo
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
DC Through the '80s:The End of Eras HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #151; no further appearances)

Guest Star(s)

• Jason Bard (last appearance in Brave & the Bold #172; next appearance in Batman #334)
• Roy Raymond (last appearance in Detective Comics #487; next appearance in DC Comics Presents #32)
• Human Target (last appearance in Detective Comics #493; next appearance in Detective Comics #515)
• Pow-Wow Smith (last appearance in Western Comics #85; no further appearances)
• Mysto (last appearance in Detective Comics #212; no further appearances)
• Captain Compass (last appearance in Detective Comics #224; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Archie Evergreen (a former detective; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Smokey Baer (a snitch; no further appearances)