The Detective Phase - Episode 6: Creatures of the Night

About this episode

Mike Garvey explores Detective Comics #489, discussing its story and analysis.

Join Mike Garvey for a new episode of The Detective Phase, this time looking at Detective Comics #489, released January 1980! Intro and Background: 3:20 - 7:55 Story Synopsis: 7:56 - 10:36 Analysis: 12:20 - 27:33 Mailbag and Sign-off: 27:45 - 30:18 Sources: Information sourced from Mike’s Amazing World of Comics on this issue can be found here . Information sourced from Grand Comics Database on this issue can be found here

People in this episode

Host: Mike Garvey

Topics covered

• Detective Comics
• comic book analysis
• story synopsis
• creatures of the night
• 1980s comics

Keywords

• Detective Comics
• Mike Garvey
• comic book
• analysis
• 1980

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Detective Comics #489

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