Comic Title: Batman Special #1
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1984
On Sale Date: January 26, 1984 Newsstand Date January 26, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #216

Newsstand Date January 26, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #38

Shipping Date January 3, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #216

Copyright Date January 3, 1984
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1984
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date January 3, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #38

Newsstand Date July 7, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #27
Listed as Batman Annual #9
Delayed and retitled

Shipping Date June 21, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #27
Listed as Batman Annual #9
Delayed and retitled

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Len Wein

Title: "...The Player on the Other Side"
Pages: 40

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Penciller: Michael Golden
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Best of DC #62 (1985)
Batman in the Eighties TPB (2004)
Batman:The Wrath TPB (2010)
Batman:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2014)
Legends of the Dark Knight:Michael Golden HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #10; next appearance in Batman #371)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #537; next appearance in Batman #371)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #6; next appearance in Batman #371)

Villain(s)

• Wrath (no further appearances)