Contents 1 Appearing in "Night of the Body Snatcher!" 2 Synopsis for "Night of the Body Snatcher!" 3 Appearing in "A Quick Death in China" 4 Synopsis for "A Quick Death in China" 5 Appearing in "The Eternity Book" 6 Synopsis for "The Eternity Book" 7 Appearing in "Bat-Mites New York Adventure" 8 Synopsis for "Bat-Mites New York Adventure" 9 Appearing in "The League of Crime" 10 Synopsis for "The League of Crime" 11 Notes 12 Trivia 13 See Also 14 Recommended Reading 15 Links and References

Appearing in "Night of the Body Snatcher!"

Featured Characters:

•  Batman 

Supporting Characters:

• Commissioner Gordon

Villains:

• Xavier Simon (Final appearance; Dies)

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Security Guard (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Gotham City
  • Gotham Cemetery

Items:

• Batrope
• Batarang

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for "Night of the Body Snatcher!"

Batman is overpowered by the white ape-body of Xavier Simon and must quickly find a way to prevent Simon from transferring his own mind into the Caped Crusader’s body.

Appearing in "A Quick Death in China"

Featured Characters:

• Batgirl

Supporting Characters:

• Leslie Tauburn
• Batman (Cameo)
• Commissioner Gordon (Cameo)
•  Dick Grayson  (Cameo)

Villains:

• Wo Fong (Apparent Death)
  • the Sino-Supermen (Apparent Death)

Other Characters:

• Senator Tom Cleary
• Hiro Yoshita (Single appearance)
• Lewis Efrem
• Tony Gordon (Dies)

Locations:

• China
  • Peking

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  

Synopsis for "A Quick Death in China"

Wo Fong mistakenly thinks Barbara Gordon's friend, Leslie, is really Batgirl and tries to make her reveal super-heroic secrets. Meanwhile, the real Batgirl and her brother Tony Gordon team together to combat Wo Fong and his Sino-Supermen.

Appearing in "The Eternity Book"

Featured Characters:

•  Etrigan the Demon  (Jason Blood)

Supporting Characters:

• Glenda Mark
• Harry Matthews
• Randu Singh
• Merlin (flashback only)

Villains:

• Morgaine le Fey (flashback only)
• Baron Tyme
• Golem (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Aldo Beckermann (Only appearance; dies)

Locations:

• Gotham City
  • Beckermann's Book Shop
• Camelot (flashback only)
• Castle Branek (flashback only)

Items:

• Eternity Book

Vehicles:

• None
  

Synopsis for "The Eternity Book"

Baron Tyme's servant kills the keeper of the Eternity Book, spurring Jason Blood to become the Demon and attempt the book's recovery.

Appearing in "Bat-Mites New York Adventure"

Featured Characters:

•  Bat-Mite 

Supporting Characters:

• Al Milgrom

Villains:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• Jack C. Harris
• Bob Rozakis
• Michael Golden
• Bob Smith
• Milton Snappin
• Anthony Tollin

Locations:

• New York City

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  

Synopsis for "Bat-Mites New York Adventure"

Bat-Mite shows up at the DC offices and demands his own feature.

Appearing in "The League of Crime"

Featured Characters:

• Robin

Supporting Characters:

• Duela Dent

Villains:

• Maze
  • Unnamed Leader (First appearance)
  • the Raven

Other Characters:

• Fred (Single appearance)
• Lt. Tatem

Locations:

• New Carthage

Items:

• Batrope
• Batarang

Vehicles:

• Whirly-Bat
  

Synopsis for "The League of Crime"

After seeing Robin handle two of his costumed operatives, the head of MAZE orders the teen wonder to be brought to him dead.

Notes

• In "Night of the Body Snatcher!" Starlin is credited with layouts, Russell with finished art. Also, Karen Kish is credited as Karisha.
• "Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!" is reprinted in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told.

Trivia

• In the first story, tombstones for Al Milgrom, Jim Starlin and P. Craig Russell (1951-1977) can be seen in Gotham Cemetery.

See Also

• Write your own review of this comic!
• Discuss Detective Comics Vol 1 482 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Detective Comics series
• Images from Detective Comics Vol 1 482

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• No external links.

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