Detective Comics #400 Values

Publisher: DC, 1970

About Detective Comics #400

Milestone issue featuring Batman and the origin and first appearance of Man-Bat. First Batgirl / Robin team-up. Neal Adams cover and art. Gil Kane, Dick Giordano, and Vince Colletta art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Challenge of the Man-Bat!

Characters: Batman; Man-Bat

Pencils: Neal Adams

Inks: Neal Adams

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Challenge of the Man-Bat

Characters: Man-Bat (origin, introduction); Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; the Blackout Gang

Pages: 16.000

Script: Frank Robbins

Pencils: Neal Adams

Inks: Dick Giordano

Letters: John Costanza

Reprints: The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #1 (September-October 1975)

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Many panels are reprinted in Batman: Robin Meets Man-Bat! [Book and Record Set] (Peter Pan, 1976 series) #PR30.

Title: A Burial for Batgirl!

Characters: Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard; Professor Huntington

Synopsis: Barbara Gordon has come to Hudson University to help with a Edgar Allan Poe festival. She discovers a murder and captures Hank Osher, who appears to be the murderer. Batgirl begins to believe that Hank has been framed and investigates further, which leads to her being captured and bricked into a wall.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Denny O'Neil

Pencils: Gil Kane

Inks: Vince Colletta

Letters: Milt Snapinn ?

Reprints: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #30 (November 1982)

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Team-up between Batgirl and Robin; story continues in Detective Comics #401. Caricatures of Julie Schwartz and Gil Kane appear on page 5.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	4	3	3	1	9	17	22	40	64	56	90	111	139	154	162	124	151	144	119	70	60	30	10	0	0	1583
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	13
Signature Series	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	5	5	8	11	11	12	18	18	14	18	17	7	5	6	1	0	0	0	163
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	5	1	6	5	1	6	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	38
Total	6	4	4	1	9	19	23	47	73	66	108	124	160	178	182	146	173	163	129	78	71	31	10	0	0	1805

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