- Script
- Andy Helfer ?
- Letters
- typeset
The writer explains the logic behind the double cover and importance of the debut of a new Batman solo book, the first since 1940. This appears on the inside front (outer) cover.
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan; George Pratt (painting, signed)
- Inks
- George Pratt (painting, signed)
- Colors
- George Pratt (painting, signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Traditional cover format with price and date, but inside outer cover for this issue. Dean Motter did the cover design and logo for this first arc.
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan
- Inks
- John Beatty
- Colors
- Richmond Lewis
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Woodley (villain, introduction); Tribal Shaman; Shaman's daughter
- Synopsis
- Bruce Wayne (pre-Batman) studies with a bounty hunter tracking a criminal in Alaska. He is saved by a Shaman who tells him a story about a bat and a raven, while wearing a ceremonial bat-mask.
- Reprints
The Batman Year One story is expanded a bit in this storyline.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
This is a poster for the movie Shocker from Wes Craven.
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
Batman silhouette on back of outer cover.