CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #400

DC · Series began 1937 · June 1970

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Dates

Cover date: June 1970
On sale: April 30, 1970
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Facsimile reprints exist

Detective Comics 400 (Facsimile Edition) (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, Gil Kane, Curt Swaninks: Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Vince Colletta, Murphy Anderson, Gil Kaneletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanzascript: Frank Robbins, Julius Schwartz, Denny O'Neil

Stories

Challenge of the Man-Bat · 16 pages
A Burial for Batgirl! · 8 pages
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.

Reprinted in

Superman Supacomic (1959), Detective Comics 400 (Facsimile Edition) (2024), The Batman Family (1975), Batman and Robin (1976), The Best of DC (1979), The Super Heroes (1980), Man-Bat (1984), Batman (1989), Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (2003), Showcase Presents: Batman (2006), Showcase Presents: Batgirl (2007), Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder (2008), Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (2012), Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (2016), Batman Arkham: Man-Bat (2017), Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018), Batman by Neal Adams (2018), Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019), Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2020)