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Issue Details

Issue #482
Published February-March 1979
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 68
Editing Paul Levitz, Julius Schwartz (contributing), Al Milgrom (contributing)
Notes wraparound cover

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Xavier Simon in a gorilla's body; on the back cover - Batgirl; the Demon; Robin; Raven; Bat-mite
Genre superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler
Inks Dick Giordano
Letters John Workman
Notes wraparound cover

1 page Batcave foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Script Paul Levitz
Notes contents & intro page

20 page Batman story "Night of the Body Snatcher!"

Characters Batman; Xavier Simon; Ronald Thursgood; Ramsey Larkin; Bruno Clark; Thomas Wayne; James Gordon
Genre superhero
Script Jim Starlin
Pencils Jim Starlin (layouts)
Inks P. Craig Russell (finished art)
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Karen Kish [as Karisha]
Reprinted in DC Goes Ape (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)

11 page Batgirl story "A Quick Death in China!"

Characters Batgirl; Senator Tom Cleary; Leslie Tauburn; Tony Gordon; the Sino-Superman; Lewis Efram
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Frank Chiaramonte
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Milt Snapinn

15 page The Demon story "The Eternity Book"

Characters V: Baron Tyme; Merlin; Margana Le Fey; Aldo Beckerman; Randu Singh; Glenda Mark; Henry Matthews
Genre superhero; occult
Script Len Wein
Pencils Mike Golden
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters Milt Snapinn

6 page Bat-Mite story "Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!"

Characters I: Bob Rozakis, Michael Golden, Bob Smith, Milt Snapinn, Anthony Tollin, Todd Klein (production), Al Milgrom (editor) and Jack Harris (diaper changer); Bat-Mite
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Michael Golden
Inks Bob Smith
Colors Tony Tollin
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes Per letter column in Batman Family #20, story originally planned for Batman Family #23.
Reprinted in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #nn

12 page Robin story "The League of Crime!"

Characters Robin; Raven; Harlequin; Lieutenant Tatem; Maze
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Juan Ortiz
Inks Dave Hunt
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Ben Oda