Issue Details

Issue	#419
Published	January 1972
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics

Cover Details - "Slaying Statues of Batman!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics

17 page Batman story "Secret of the Slaying Statues!"

Characters	James Gordon; Jacky Mutell; Liam McCourt
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

8 page Batgirl story "Long Live the Kingpin!"

Characters	Batgirl; Jason Bard; Floyd Marcus; Mike Marcus; Larry Cooper
Genre	superhero
Script	Frank Robbins
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Don Heck
Notes	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 Mike W. Barr and Bob Rozakis

6 page Roy Raymond story "The Return of Ben Franklin!"

Characters	Roy Raymond
Genre	detective
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #213 (November 1954)

6 page Gang Busters story "The Human Target"

Genre	crime
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Reprinted	from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #61 December 1957-January 1958