Publication History
The Batman Family title proper ran twenty issues from 1975–1978 and featured solo and team-up stories starring Batgirl and Robin. The series additionally featured reprints of Golden Age and Silver Age stories. Many issues of Batman Family featured Batman supporting characters such as Alfred, Vicki Vale, the Elongated Man, Man-Bat, The Huntress, and Ace the Bat-Hound. Writer Bob Rozakis introduced the Duela Dent character in issue #6 (July-August 1976) and revived the original Batwoman in issue #10 (March-April 1977). Batman Family converted to the Dollar Comics format with issue #17 (April-May 1978).
DC published several other ... Family titles concurrent with Batman Family. These included Superman Family (1974-82), Super-Team Family (1975-1978) and Tarzan Family (1975-76). As a rule, DC's ... Family titles contained mostly reprints, and featured a higher page count (and higher price) than DC's normal books. Its final issue, #20, ran with no advertisements.
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