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Issue: Detective Comics #400
Publication Date: June 1970
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Issues: #400 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/30/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Challenge of the Man-Bat!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Man-Bat
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #73-168329 published October 1971
as Detective Comics No. 400 June 1970 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 published August 2004
as Detective Comics #400 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] [1. opplag] published August 2005
as Challenge of the Man-Bat! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #2 published April 2009
as Detective Comics #400 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-439
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Challenge of the Man-Bat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man-Bat (origin, introduction); Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; the Blackout Gang
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #144 published August 1971
as Challenge Of The Man-Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Family #1 published September 1975
as Batman Presents... Challenge of the Man-Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #25/1975 published December 1975
as Nachtjäger über Gotham City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman and Robin #6 published September 1977
as Challenge of the Man-Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Super Heroes v1 #4 published January 1981
as Challenge of the Man-Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #16 published January 1982
as Nachtjäger über Gotham City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMan-Bat #1 published December 1984
as Challenge of the Man-Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #8 published January 1985
as A Maldição do Morcego [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1 published June 1989
as Challenge of the Man-Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 published August 2004
as Challenge of the Man-Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] [1. opplag] published August 2005
as Flaggermusmannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #2 published April 2009
as Der Kampf gegen Man-Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: S-349
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Many panels are reprinted in Batman: Robin Meets Man-Bat! [Book and Record Set] (Peter Pan, 1976 series) #PR30.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-451
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Jack Stein, Steve Beery, Leonard Uhley, Alan Brennert, Scott Gibson, Andy Friedman and Pam Kao.
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A Burial for Batgirl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard; Professor Huntington
Synopsis: Barbara Gordon has come to Hudson University to help with a Edgar Allan Poe festival. She discovers a murder and captures Hank Osher, who appears to be the murderer. Batgirl begins to believe that Hank has been framed and investigates further, which leads to her being captured and bricked into a wall.
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1971 published March 1971
as En begravelse for Lynvingpiken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #143 published July 1971
as A Burial For Batgirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #5 published January 1982
as Batgirls Begräbnis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #30 [Direct] published November 1982
as A Burial for Batgirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batgirl #1 published September 2007
as A Burial for Batgirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as A Burial For Batgirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-390
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Team-up between Batgirl and Robin; story continues in Detective Comics #401. Caricatures of Julie Schwartz and Gil Kane appear on page 5.

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