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