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Issue Details

Issue #481
Published December 1978-January 1979
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 68
Editing Julius Schwartz, Al Milgrom
Notes Detective Comics merges with the just cancelled Batman Family, wraparound cover

Cover Details

Characters Batman
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Starlin
Inks Jim Starlin
Notes Detective Comics merges with the just cancelled Batman Family, wraparound cover

17 page Batman story "Ticket to Tragedy"

Characters Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Sir Basil Smythe; Henry Frome; Greeny Velvet; Milt Solo
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Marshall Rogers
Inks Marshall Rogers
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Mike Stevens
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

12 page Robin story "Does the Costume Make the Hero?"

Characters Robin; Margie Spratt; Lori Elton; Dave Corby; Chief Frank McDonald; Raven; Bart Twitchell
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Don Newton
Inks Dan Adkins
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Shelly Leferman

9 page Batgirl story "A Slow Death in China!"

Characters Batgirl; Senator Tom Cleary; Leslie Tauburn; the Sino-Superman; Wo Fong
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Bob Smith
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Milt Snapinn

11 page Man-Bat story "The Whittles Snatch"

Characters GS: Jason Bard; Man-bat; Francine Langstrom; Rebecca Langstrom; J. J. Whittles
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Don Newton
Inks Dave Hunt
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Ben Oda

16 page Batman story "Murder in the Night!"

Characters Batman; James Gordon; Ronald Thursgood; Ramsey Larken; Bruno Clark; Xavier Simon; Thomas Wayne (flashback)
Genre superhero
Script Jim Starlin
Pencils Jim Starlin (layouts)
Inks P. Craig Russell (finished art)
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Karen Kish [as Karisha]
Reprinted in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #8/1980