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Detective Comics, #395

Published: January 1970

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Issue Contents:
The Secret of the Waiting Graves

Story Featuring Batman

"I offer you immortality -- or instant death! Choose, Batman -- Now!"

Storyline

Delores Muerto, accompanied by her deadly falcon and ferocious wolves, has Batman trapped in the basement of an ancient Mexican monastery.

Credits
Story Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Secret of the Waiting Graves

Story Featuring Batman

"A bleak hillside on central Mexico... a pair of open graves... and the shadow of the dread... Batman"

Storyline

Bruce Wayne is invited to a grand fiesta by Mexican socialites Juan and Dolores Muerto. As Batman, he thwarts the assassination of one of the guests and finds that the Muertos have discovered the secret of immortality.

Credits
Story Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Page 10 is a 2/3-page and page 16 is a 1/2-page. First line is completed by the feature logo illustration. "Muerto", fittingly, is the Spanish word for "dead" or "deceased person". Described as "Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams' First Tale of the Dark Knight" on the cover of Millennium Edition: Detective Comics No. 395 (DC, 2000 Series) June 2000.

Drop Out... or Drop Dead!

Story Featuring Robin

"Dick (Robin) Grayson's first day at Hudson University has been an eventful one!"

Storyline

Robin discovers the truth behind the fake cops and demonstrators that created the riot at Hudson University.

Credits
Story Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story continues from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #394.

Crime-Writing Clues!

"A forger who makes a perfect copy of a victim's signature can easily be apprehended because no one ever signs his name the same way twice."

Story Notes

Four panels with captions and dialogue, each depicting a different technique of identifying perpetrators of crimes that involve handwritten or typewritten notes such as forgery or blackmail.

Batman's Hot Line

Letter Column Featuring Batman's Hot-Line

Credits
Story Notes

Letters of comment from Walt Jaschek, Jeff Kichaven and Rand B. Lee.