| Issue | #500 |
| Published | March 1981 |
| Cover Price | 1.50 USD |
| Pages | 84 |
| Editing | Paul Levitz |
| Characters | Batman; Robin; Elongated Man; Hawkman; Hawkwoman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Carmine Infantino; Walt Simonson; Tom Yeates; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
| Inks | Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Bob Smith; Walt Simonson; Tom Yeates; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
| Colors | Bob LeRose (signed) |
| Notes | wraparound cover |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jim Aparo |
| Inks | Jim Aparo |
| Notes | contents page |
| Characters | Phantom Stranger |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Alan Brennert |
| Pencils | Dick Giordano |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Notes | Also includes an illustrated prose short by Walter Gibson. Lots of former Detective characters in the back-up Slam Bradley strip. |
| Reprinted | in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #23; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #nn |
| Characters | Roy Raymond; Human Target; Jason Bard; Mysto the Magician Detective; Captain Compass; Pow-Wow Smith |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Jim Aparo |
| Inks | Jim Aparo |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Letters | Jim Aparo? |
| Notes | With lots of cameos and guest-stars in this anniversary issue: |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Len Wein; Snoopy |
| Pencils | Walt Simonson |
| Inks | Walt Simonson |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Mike Barr |
| Pencils | Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
| Inks | Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Walter Gibson |
| Pencils | Tom Yeates |
| Inks | Tom Yeates |
| Characters | Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Martian Manhunter (cameo; origin) |
| Synopsis | The Hawks solve The Strange Death of Dr. Erdel. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Paul Levitz |
| Pencils | Joe Kubert |
| Inks | Joe Kubert |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Letters | Adam Kubert |
| Characters | Deadman [Boston Brand]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| Script | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Bob Smith |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Script | Paul Levitz |
| Pencils | Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Carmine Infantino; Walt Simonson; Tom Yeates; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
| Inks | Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Bob Smith; Walt Simonson; Tom Yeates; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
| Notes | reproduction of cover in various states of completion, plus text |