Issue Details

Issue	#482
Published	February-March 1979
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Paul Levitz, Julius Schwartz (contributing), Al Milgrom (contributing)
Notes	wraparound cover

Cover Details

Characters	Batman; Xavier Simon in a gorilla's body; on the back cover - Batgirl; the Demon; Robin; Raven; Bat-mite
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Rich Buckler
Inks	Dick Giordano
Letters	John Workman
Notes	wraparound cover

1 page Batcave foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Script	Paul Levitz
Notes	contents & intro page

20 page Batman story "Night of the Body Snatcher!"

Characters	Batman; Xavier Simon; Ronald Thursgood; Ramsey Larkin; Bruno Clark; Thomas Wayne; James Gordon
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 DC Goes Ape (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)

11 page Batgirl story "A Quick Death in China!"

Characters	Batgirl; Senator Tom Cleary; Leslie Tauburn; Tony Gordon; the Sino-Superman; Lewis Efram
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Rozakis
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Frank Chiaramonte
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Milt Snapinn

15 page The Demon story "The Eternity Book"

Characters	V: Baron Tyme; Merlin; Margana Le Fey; Aldo Beckerman; Randu Singh; Glenda Mark; Henry Matthews
Genre	superhero; occult
Script	Len Wein
Pencils	Mike Golden
Inks	Dick Giordano
Colors	Glynis Wein
Letters	Milt Snapinn

6 page Bat-Mite story "Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!"

Characters	I: Bob Rozakis, Michael Golden, Bob Smith, Milt Snapinn, Anthony Tollin, Todd Klein (production), Al Milgrom (editor) and Jack Harris (diaper changer); Bat-Mite
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Rozakis
Pencils	Michael Golden
Inks	Bob Smith
Colors	Tony Tollin
Letters	Milt Snapinn
Notes	Per letter column in Batman Family #20, story originally planned for Batman Family #23.
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

12 page Robin story "The League of Crime!"

Characters	Robin; Raven; Harlequin; Lieutenant Tatem; Maze
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Rozakis
Pencils	Juan Ortiz
Inks	Dave Hunt
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Letters	Ben Oda