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Issue: Detective Comics #400
Publication Date: June 1970
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Issues: #400 of 883 Issues (1409 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: 15 (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
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Challenge of the Man-Bat!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 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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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-439
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Now! Available for the First Time!

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for movie posters.
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Challenge of the Man-Bat

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (origin, introduction); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; the Blackout Gang
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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)]páginas 1-12, 13 (quadrinhos 1 [metade esquerda], 2 [metade direita] e 3), 14 (quadrinhos 1-3, 5 e 6), 15 e 16 (quadrinhos 1-3) da história original
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)]
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Pages: 16
Job Number: S-349
Disclose Notes: Many panels are reprinted in Batman: Robin Meets Man-Bat! [Book and Record Set] (Peter Pan, 1976 series) #PR30.
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Tuff!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for Aurora HO scale Model Motoring cars between pages 6 and 7 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: On the page between pages 8 and 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: On the page between pages 8 and 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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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!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard; Professor Huntington
First Line: During the whole of a dull, dark and soundless night...
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)]
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Pages: 8
Job Number: S-390
Disclose Notes: 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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Snoopy Strikes Again!

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Character(s): Snoopy
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Monogram plastic model of Snoopy in his Sopwith Camel, drawn in comic style. Appears between pages 2 and 3 of the previous story sequence.
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40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias

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Disclose Notes: Ad for Army, Navy, Marine medals.

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Take a Giant Step...

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Genres: humorous, superhero
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #227 [80 Page Giant #G-72], on sale April 14.

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Unbelievable and Fantastic!

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #222 and The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #198, both on sale April 21.

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New Raleigh Chopper Puts 'Em All Down!!!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for the Chopper bike by Raleigh.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Ads for four items from Honor House Products.
Inside back cover.
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First Line: Challenge any kid to a race on the Hot Wheels Road Runner.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for toy racing cars and Rod Runner accessories from Mattel.

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