The Best of DC #9 [Direct]

(January-February 1981)

Best of DC -- Batman (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

Bat-Murderer (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jim Aparo

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Talia; Batman; Scrag Donovan; Roger Barton; Elizabeth Baylor

Reprinted:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #444 (December 1974-January 1975)

Indexer Notes

Reprint note correction from Ralf Haring on 21 August 2004; reprinted from issue was previously dated 1973-1974.

Break-In at the Big House (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jim Aparo

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; The Creeper; Talia; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin; Ra's Al Ghul; "Brick" Milligan

Reprinted:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #445 (February-March 1975)

Slaughter in Silver (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jim Aparo

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Sterling Silversmith; Louis Silversmith

Reprinted:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #446 (April 1975)

Enter: The Creeper (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Ernie Chan

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Creeper; Batman; Ra's Al Ghul; Alfred Pennyworth; Phantom Stranger; Morris Middleman; Shirley Middleman

Reprinted:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #447 (May 1975)

Bedlam beneath the Big Top (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Ernie Chan

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ra's al Ghul; Talia; Creeper; League of Assassins

Reprinted:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #448 (June 1975)

Angel -- or Devil? (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Robbins

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Daphne Pennyworth; Robin; Wilfred Pennyworth

Reprinted:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #216 (November 1969)

The Wayne Foundation Building (Table of Contents)

Batman / filler / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Terry Austin

Inks:

Terry Austin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset

Content Information

Reprinted:

• from Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-44

Indexer Notes

Views of the Wayne Foundation Building, with diagrams for each floor.

Follow Batman Every Month In: (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for comics featuring Batman. Covers to Batman #322, Detective Comics #498; and The Brave and the Bold #171 are depicted.

Batman or Bat-Murderer??? (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for the crossover stories in the issue.