| Unofficial Detective Comics Index |
DETECTIVE COMICS #400
Cover Date: June 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1970-04-30
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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams
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Credits:
| Story | Frank Robbins |
| Pencils | Neal Adams |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Blackout Gang (first appearance for all; use night vision goggles to rob in total darkness)
Other Character(s):
- Man-Bat (Dr. Kirk Langstrom; first appearance; creates a serum that allows him to become a Man-Bat hybrid; last in flashbacks in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #39; next in issue #402)
Location(s):
- Gotham City
- Wayne Foundation (uses small lab workshop in penthouse)
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman Family #1 (September-October 1975)
- Man-Bat Vol. 2 #1 (December 1984)
- Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 (2004)
- Batman Arkham: Man-Bat (2017)
- Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019)
Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
Villain(s):
- Unnamed murderer (first appearance)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story continues into next issue.
- This story happens in the late winter.
Story Reprinted in:
- The Best of DC #30 (November 1982)
- Showcase Presents: Batgirl #1 (2007)
- Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 (2008)
- Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus #1 (2017)