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Issue: The Batman Family #20
Publication Date: October 1978
 
Disclose Detail
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/11/1978
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893165511
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Final issue. The Batgirl, Robin, and Man-Bat features move to Detective Comics starting with #481.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #158.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1-4); saddle-stitched (#5-20)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Enter the Ragman

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Subject Matter
superhero
Ragman [Rory Regan]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Huntress [Helena Wayne] (head shot)
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #2/1979 published January 1979
as Hütet Euch vor LUMPENMANN! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Best of DC #51 [Direct Sales] published August 1984
as Ragman Rumble [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
C-818
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Wraparound cover.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
L-122
On inside front and back covers. Letters of comment from Margaret O'Connell, Gary Thompson, Philip M. Botwinck, David A. Jones, Mike White, Steve Feldberg, Robert Sallion and Jimmie Johnson. Includes an editorial message by Al Milgrom.
Enter the Ragman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ragman [Rory Regan]; Bette Berg; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #2/1979 published January 1979
as Asphalt-Dschungel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #7/1980 published January 1980
as Ragman møter Lynvingen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #7/1980 published June 1980
as Ragman möter Läderlappen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
19
Peril of the Power Sower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Red Tornado; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; The Power Sower
Batgirl and Robin team up against the Power Sower, who has siphoned off all electrical power from Washington in an attempt to get Americans to reduce their use of energy.
Reprinting
FlagBatman Taschenbuch #4 published January 1979
as Der Energiefresser schlägt zu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
20
J-5302
The Batgirl and Robin series continues in Detective Comics starting with issue #481.
Private Eye Man-Bat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jason Bard
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #6/1980 published January 1980
as Privatdetektiven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #6/1980 published May 1980
as Fladdermusen som deckare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
J-5284
The Man-Bat series continues in Detective Comics starting with issue #481.
Trial by Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Councilman Franklin Gresham; Roger Demarest; Jason Kelshaw; Arthur Cranston
Reprinting
FlagHuntress: Darknight Daughter #[nn] published February 2006
as Trial by Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
J-5337
On story page 6, panel 3, there is a picture on the wall whose image could be interpreted as Iron Man.

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