- Script:
- Sergio Aragonés; Denny O'Neil
- Pencils:
- Nick Cardy; Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Nick Cardy
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Bat Lash; Preacher Rickett; Melvin Midas (flashback): Lemuel Lash (flashback): Tom Lash (flashback): Melissa Lash (flashback): Bitsy Gannon (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- Bat Lash encounters the man who swindled his parents out of their farm and kills him. He is arrested for the crime and tells the sheriff how Rickett's scam led to the murder of the elder Lashes and how Bat escaped with his sister and his fiancee, hiding them in a convent. Bat escapes from jail and goes to find Melissa and Bitsy but they tell him they are taking vows to become nuns and intend to stay at the convent.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in All-Star Western (DC, 1970 series) #9 [part 1]
- in All-Star Western (DC, 1970 series) #10 [part 2]
- in Millennium Edition: All-Star Western 10 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] [part 2]
- in Showcase Presents: Bat Lash (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] [black and white]
Multiple pages less than full page dropping actual page count from 24 to 23 page.
- Script:
- Joe Orlando
- Pencils:
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks:
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors:
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-365
letters submitted by Don McGregor; David Lewin; Ken Viola