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: "What Happens When a Batman Dies?"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)
Deadman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Robert Allen Smith
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Tales of the Batman:Carmine Infantino HC (2014)
Deadman Omnibus HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #500; next appearance in Super Friends #42)
• Deadman (last appearance in DC Comics Presents #24; next appearance in Swamp Thing Annual #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #500; next appearance in Super Friends #42)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #500; next appearance in Batman #334)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #500; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #268)