Volume: 42
Price: 1.00 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1978-11-07
Editing: Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor); Julius Schwartz (contributing editor); Al Milgrom (contributing editor)

[no title indexed]

Batman / cover / 2 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Xavier Simon (in a gorilla's body); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; The Demon [Jason Blood]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Raven (villain); Bat-Mite
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0709893046503

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #162.

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Introduction and contents page on inside front cover.

A Quick Death in China!

Batgirl / comic story / 11 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-5562
Characters:
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Senator Thomas Cleary [Tom]; Leslie Tauburn; Tony Gordon; Wo Fong; the Sino-Superman; Lewis Efrem; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); Hiro Yoshita (news anchor)
Synopsis:
Wo Fong has captured Barbara and Leslie, Barbara because he believes he can use her to lure her brother Tony out of hiding, and Leslie because he believes that she is secretly Batgirl.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Barbara learns that her brother Tony whom she believed to be dead, was actually living under an assumed name hiding out from the Chinese government whom he had spied against (as first revealed in The Batman Family #12). Unfortunately, it appears that Tony does die while rescuing Barbara at the end of this story.

The Eternity Book

The Demon / comic story / 15 pages


  • Genre:superhero; horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5494
Characters:
The Demon [Jason Blood]; Baron Tyme (villain); Merlin; Morgaine Le Fay; Aldo Beckerman; Randu Singh; Glenda Mark; Henry Matthews

Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!

Bat-Mite / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:superhero; satire-parody
  • Job Number:J-5491
Characters:
Bob Rozakis (introduction); Michael Golden (introduction); Bob Smith (introduction); Milt Snapinn (introduction); Anthony Tollin (introduction); Todd Klein (production); Al Milgrom (editor); Jack Harris (diaper changer); Bat-Mite
Reprints (7)

Indexer Notes

Per letter column in Batman Family #20, story originally planned for Batman Family #23.

The League of Crime!

Robin / comic story / 12 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-5586
Characters:
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Raven (villain); Card Queen [Duela Dent; Harlequin]; Lieutenant Tatem; Maze
Synopsis:
Robin has encounters with the new villain Raven, and a new heroine, Card Queen, unaware that both are actually agents of Maze.
Reprints (4)

[no title indexed]

Batcave / letters page / 1 page


  • Job Number:L-196

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Mike Bates, Mike White and Tony Edwards.
Sequence on inside back cover page.

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