- Script
- Gerry Conway (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Newton (credited)
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala (credited)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy (credited)
- Letters
- Ben Oda (credited)
- Job Number
- J-8519
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson [Robin]; Jason Todd (intro, cameo); Joseph Todd (Jason's father, intro, cameo); Trina Todd (Jason's mother, intro, cameo); Commissioner James Gordon; Hamilton Hill; Lester; Joey Taylor; Dome; Otto; Waldo Flynn; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (second appearance, cameo, shown in shadows only); Slick; Sloan (circus owner); The Squid [Lawrence Loman] (villain, introduction); Eddie Colson; Olivia Ortega; Anthony Falco [Tony Falco]; Murph (cameraman); Cunningham (cameraman); Stanley (lawyer)
- Synopsis
- Batman tracks The Squid, a new villain who has taken over Gotham's underworld.
- Reprints
Story panel shows the Todd family of trapeze artists, the first appearance of Jason Todd and his parents.
Story continues in Detective Comics #524.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- José Luis GarcÃa-López
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-1277
- Reprints
Letters of comment from Mark Lagasse, Jim Sullivan, Greg Davis, John Hebert, Kevin J. Dooley, and Wallace Lee Hopkins.
After the Batman story.