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Challenge of the Man-Bat ; A Burial for Batgirl

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Zoologist Kirk Langstrom tests an experimental bat-gland serum on himself at the Gotham Museum of Natural History, hoping to enhance human hearing, and instead undergoes a startling transformation. The issue also contains a Batgirl short story.

Issue Details

Series
Detective Comics (1937)
Issue Number
#400
Release Date
April 30, 1970
Cover Price
$0.15
Cover Date
June 1970
Page Count
36 pages

Series Details

Title
Detective Comics
Publisher
Type
Regular Series
Status
Completed
Run
1937 - 2011
Issues Count
883
Genres
Action, Adventure, War, Fantasy, Anthro, Mystery, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sports, Historical, Horror, Crime, Thriller, Drama, Superhero, Western
Format
Standard
Original Language
English
Language
English

Creators

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Carmine Infantino

Carmine Infantino

Editor

Curt Swan

Curt Swan

Penciller

Dennis O'Neil

Dennis O'Neil

Writer

Dick Giordano

Dick Giordano

Inker

Frank Robbins

Frank Robbins

Writer

Gaspar Saladino

Gaspar Saladino

Letterer

Gil Kane

Gil Kane

Penciller, Inker

John Costanza

John Costanza

Letterer

Julius Schwartz

Julius Schwartz

Writer, Editor

Lee Keys

Letterer

Milt Snapinn

Milt Snapinn

Letterer

Murphy Anderson

Murphy Anderson

Inker

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth

Barbara Gordon

Barbara Gordon

Barbara Gordon

Batman

Batman

Bruce Wayne

Chief O'Hara

Chief O'Hara

Clancy O'Hara

Dick Grayson

Dick Grayson

Richard John Grayson-Wayne

Man-Bat

Man-Bat

Robert Kirkland Langstrom

Teams

Blackout Gang

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