Issue Details

Issue	#457
Published	March 1976
Cover Price	0.30 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz, E. Nelson Bridwell (associate), Bob Rozakis (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters	Batman; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Giordano
Inks	Dick Giordano
Reprinted	In The Batman Gallery (DC) #1 (1992).

12 page Batman story "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!"

Characters	I(?): Leslie Thompkins; Batman (one-page origin); Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne, Joe Chill (flashback)
Synopsis	origin recap, fills in some more info on Crime Alley, the site of Bruce Wayne's parent's death.
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Dick Giordano
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted	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; in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #1/1992

1 page Shazam! advertisement "The Cup-Cake Caper"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta
Notes	Hostess Cup Cakes ad

1 page Justice For All Includes Children public service announcement

Characters	first of the series, not numbered
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Neal Adams
Letters	John Workman

6 page Elongated Man story "Make Way for the Elongated Woman!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Rozakis
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes	story continued from Detective Comics #456. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.