“IN THE BEGINNING…” After he receives in the mail the remnants of the Batman costume his father once wore and discovers its empty display case adorned with a threatening note, the Caped Crusader recalls the events that led to his becoming Batman and his earliest cases where he met James Gordon and brought the people responsible for his parents' deaths to justice.

Notes

• Nearly all of Batman's foes appear on a 1 page montage.
• This issue contains the Hostess Superhero Ad, Flash in "A Flash in the Dam".