A key issue noted for Controversial cover. Batman #245 was published by DC Comics on October 1, 1972, as part of a series that began in 1940. Dennis O'Neil and Elliot S! Maggin write, and art comes from Dick Giordano, Irv Novick and Neal Adams. This 36-page issue features Batman, Dick Grayson, James Gordon, Jeffers Harvey and Osgood Peabody, among 7 characters cataloged on VerseDB.