Issue Details

Issue	#387
Published	May 1969
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	This is a 30th anniversary issue. The cover contains reproductions of the covers to Detective Comics #27 and Batman #1.

Cover Details

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Irv Novick
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (added by Gregory Fischer, May 2009).
Reprinted	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #2; in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #4

16 page Batman story The Cry of the Night is -- "Sudden Death!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Mel Lambert; Steven Crane; Paul Rogers; Alfred Stryker
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike Friedrich
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #2; in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #627 (March 1991); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #4

Batman's Hot-line letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes a letter from Martin Pasko

6 page Batman story "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Streven Crane; Paul Rogers; Alfred Stryker
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Bob Kane
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #27

1 page Fact File #7 text article "Detective Comics #27"

Genre	fact
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell?
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	typeset

2 page Batman's Souvenir Album filler

Characters	Batman; Robin; Batwoman; the Joker
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff, ?
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff, ?
Notes	collage of various Bat-items & people
Reprinted	from ? [reprinted from various sources]