Script:	Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils:	Irv Novick (credited)
Inks:	Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Ray Holloway ?

• Genre:superhero
• Job Number:S-1162

• Feature Logo:Batman
• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Beginning the most sensational... the most dangerous... and certainly, the most important adventure in the illustrious career of the... Batman
• Keywords:faking one's death

Ra's Al Ghul (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; James Gordon; Matches Malone (death); Dr. Harris Blaine; Lo Ling

Synopsis:

Batman begins his war against Ra's Al Ghul by faking Bruce Wayne's death and recruiting some allies.

Reprints (18)

• in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #35 (1973)
• in Batman (Interpresse, 1972 series) #11 (février 1973)
• in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #55 (juillet 1973)
• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-51 (August 1977)
which is reprinted
• in Jakten på den fruktade Ra's al Ghul! (Semic, 1979 series) (1979)
• in Limited Collectors' Edition Vol. 6 No. C-51 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2024 series) (May 2024)
• in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #40 ([Circa 1976-1978])
• in Batman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1974 series) #10 (1979)
• in Lynvingen Jakten på den demoniske Ra's Al Ghul! (Semic, 1979 series) (1979)
• in Batman (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #9 (Março 1985)
• in The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul (DC, 1988 series) #3 (March 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Batman Klassik (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1990 series) #3 - Die Sage von Ras Al Ghul [3] (1990)
• in Batman (Zinco, 1987 series) #19 (Marzo 1989), #20 (Abril 1989)
• in Batman (Titan, 1989 series) #3 - The Demon Awakes (October 1989)
• in Batman: Tales of the Demon (DC, 1991 series) ([May] 1991)
• in Batman: Tales of the Demon (Warner Books, 1992 series) (January 1992)
• in Batman: La Saga de Ra's Al Ghul (Planeta DeAgostini, 2005 series) #1 (Junio 2005)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #7 - Batman (2005)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([March] 2016)
• in Batman: Tales of the Demon (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

First line is completed by the feature logo illustration.

Death of Matches Malone occurs off-panel.

Script:	Mike Friedrich
Pencils:	Rich Buckler
Inks:	Dick Giordano
Colors:	?
Letters:	Ray Holloway

• Genre:superhero
• Job Number:S-1143

Lilith (of the Teen Titans); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Terri Bergstrom

Synopsis:

While battling Cthulhu cultists, Terri is possessed by a demon.

Reprints (5)

• in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #42 (1973)
• in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1973 ([september] 1973) [1 page removed]
• in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #9 (2ème trimestre 1974) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
• in Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([March] 2008)
• in Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Script:	Julius Schwartz (signed as JS)
Pencils:	Anthony Kowalik (illustration)
Inks:	Neal Adams (illustration)
Colors:	?
Letters:	typeset

• Job Number:S-1228

Letters of comment from readers Guy Sharwood, Lynn Woolley, C. W. Charles, William G. Laks, Bob Abrahams, and Jeff Ristine.

Script:	Bill Finger
Pencils:	Bob Kane (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:	Jerry Robinson George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:	?
Letters:	George Roussos

• Genre:superhero
• Job Number:S-1174

• Feature Logo:Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [30's face]

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Horatio Delmar (villain, racket leader, introduction, death); Weasel Venner (villain, introduction, death); Freddie Hill (villain); Joe (villain); Al (villain)

Synopsis:

Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne!

Reprints (1)

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #7 (October-November 1941)

Batman finally receives official police sanction in this story.

Inks credit verified by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. Letters credit verified by George Roussos.