Issue Details

Issue	#418
Published	December 1971
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]

Cover Details - "Return of the Creeper"

Characters	Batman; The Creeper
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]

18 page Batman story "...And Be a Villain!"

Characters	GS: the Creeper; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Dr. Yatz; Ishmael Yatz
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Dick Giordano
Letters	John Costanza
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

8 page Batgirl story "The Kingpin is Dead!"

Characters	Batgirl; James Gordon; Jason Bard; Guy Townes; Floyd Marcus; Larry (the Blimp) Cooper; Mike Marcus
Genre	superhero
Script	Frank Robbins
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Don Heck
Notes	story continues in Detective Comics #419. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

1 page Batman's Hot Line letters page

Notes

Includes letters from Bob Rozakis, Fred Hembeck, and Denny O'Neil

3 page Casebook Mystery story "The Case of the Careless Caretaker"

Genre	detective
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	from Gang Busters #40 (June-July 1954)

8 page Sierra Smith story "The Case of the Terrified Tenderfoot!"

Genre	Western; Detective
Script	Joe Millard
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Reprinted	from Dale Evans Comics #1 (September-October 1948)