The Best of DC #51 [Canadian]

(August 1984)

Best of DC -- Batman Family (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[A Moon, Poem, and Batman] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Starlin (signed as Starlin)

Inks

Jim Starlin (signed as Starlin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman

Reprints

• from The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #17 (April-May 1978)

Indexer Notes

Title taken from Table of Contents.

Daughter of the Demon (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited)

Pencils

Neal Adams (credited)

Inks

Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Julius Schwartz (credited) (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Ubu

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #232 (June 1971)

[Ragman Rumble] (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Starlin (signed as Starlin)

Inks

Jim Starlin (signed as Starlin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ragman; Batman; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Man-Bat; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #20 (October-November 1978)

Indexer Notes

Title from Table of Contents.

Surprise! Surprise! (Table of Contents: 5)

Alfred / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Carl Potts (credited)

Inks

Frank McLaughlin (credited)

Colors

Helen Vesik (credited)

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Batman's Butler Alfred

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lori Elton; Vicki Vale Powers; Batman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Superman; Tom Powers

Reprints

• from The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #11 (May-June 1977)

Dread Night of the Jaguar (Table of Contents: 6)

Man-Bat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Marshall Rogers (credited)

Inks

Terry Austin (credited)

Colors

Helen Vesik (credited)

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Man-Bat [curved]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Man-Bat; Francine Langstrom

Reprints

• from The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #12 (July-August 1977)

The Man Who Melted Manhattan! Chapter 1: Death Derby at Dawn! (Table of Contents: 7)

Batgirl and Robin; Man-Bat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Don Newton (credited)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited)

Colors

Shelly Eiber (credited)

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Man-Bat [curved]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #13 (September 1977)

[The Man Who Melted Manhattan!] Chapter 2: Twilight of the Sunset Gang (Table of Contents: 8)

Man-Bat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Marshall Rogers (credited)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Man-Bat; Sunset Gang; The Outsider

Reprints

• from The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #13 (September 1977)

[The Man Who Melted Manhattan!] Chapter Three: Explosive End of the Dynamite Duo! (Table of Contents: 9)

Batgirl and Robin / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Don Newton (credited)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Outsider

Reprints

• from The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #13 (September 1977)

[The Man Who Melted Manhattan!] Chapter 4: Inside-- Outside-- Melting Down the Town! (Table of Contents: 10)

Batgirl and Robin; Man-Bat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Don Newton (credited)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Man-Bat; The Outsider; Alfred Pennyworth

Reprints

• from The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #13 (September 1977) [-1 page]

Indexer Notes

Does not include the 1-page epilogue.

Night of the Reaper! (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited); Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson) (idea); Harlan Ellison (credited) (assist)

Pencils

Neal Adams (credited)

Inks

Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Julius Schwartz (credited) (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tom Fagan; Doctor Gruener

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #237 (December 1971)

Indexer Notes

Story takes place at the Rutland, Vermont, Halloween parade.

Batman Family Origins (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Nicola Cuti ?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Article about the supporting characters in the Batman feature.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[1961 Batman Family Pinup] (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited as Bob Kane)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Bat-Mite; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner Gordon; Batwoman; Robin; Batgirl [Betty Kane]; Ace, the Bat-Hound

Reprints

• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.