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Issue: The Batman Family #20
Publication Date: October 1978
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Issues: #20 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/11/1978
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893165511
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Final issue. The Batgirl, Robin, and Man-Bat features move to Detective Comics starting with #481.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #158.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound (#1-4); Saddle-stitched (#5-20)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Enter the Ragman

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ragman [Rory Regan]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Huntress [Helena Wayne] (head shot)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1979 published January 1979
as Hütet Euch vor LUMPENMANN! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #51 [Direct Sales] published August 1984
as Ragman Rumble [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-818
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Wraparound cover.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-122
Disclose Notes: On inside front and back covers. Letters of comment from Margaret O'Connell, Gary Thompson, Philip M. Botwinck, David A. Jones, Mike White, Steve Feldberg, Robert Sallion and Jimmie Johnson. Includes an editorial message by Al Milgrom.
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Enter the Ragman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ragman [Rory Regan]; Bette Berg; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1979 published January 1979
as Asphalt-Dschungel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1980 published January 1980
as Ragman møter Lynvingen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #7/1980 published June 1980
as Ragman möter Läderlappen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Peril of the Power Sower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Red Tornado; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; The Power Sower
Synopsis: Batgirl and Robin team up against the Power Sower, who has siphoned off all electrical power from Washington in an attempt to get Americans to reduce their use of energy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #4 published January 1979
as Der Energiefresser schlägt zu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: J-5302
Disclose Notes: The Batgirl and Robin series continues in Detective Comics starting with issue #481.
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Private Eye Man-Bat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jason Bard
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #6/1980 published January 1980
as Privatdetektiven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #6/1980 published May 1980
as Fladdermusen som deckare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: J-5284
Disclose Notes: The Man-Bat series continues in Detective Comics starting with issue #481.
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Trial by Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Councilman Franklin Gresham; Roger Demarest; Jason Kelshaw; Arthur Cranston
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHuntress: Darknight Daughter #[nn] published February 2006
as Trial by Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-5337
Disclose Notes: On story page 6, panel 3, there is a picture on the wall whose image could be interpreted as Iron Man.

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