- Script
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils
- Don Newton
- Inks
- Dan Adkins
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Lucius Fox; Commissioner James Gordon; Mayor Hamilton Hill (cameo); Councilman Arthur Reeves (newspaper photo); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Sharon (Commissioner Gordon's secretary); Selina Kyle [Catwoman] (image in clouds); Big Fredo; roller-skate bandits; Betty Lunden; Carl (works for Lunden Chemical)
- Synopsis
- Scarecrow has developed a new fear pheromone that makes anyone near Batman deathly afraid of him. Unable to work openly because of the fear he causes in others, he calls in Robin and Batgirl to track down Scarecrow.
- Reprints
Councilman Reeves previously appeared in Detective Comics #463-464 as City Commissioner Reeves who had a very anti-Batman stance. In this issue, it is announced he is running for mayor against current mayor Hamilton Hill with a promise to get rid of Batman whom he blames for the rise of violence in the city.
- Script
- Paul Levitz (credited as PL)
- Letters
- typeset
Letters submitted by Dusty Leary, J. P. Kelly, and Jeffrey Lowndes.