Editing Man-Bat (section)

==Publication history==
The character made his first appearance in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #400 (June [[1970 in comics|1970]]) and was created by [[Frank Robbins]] and [[Neal Adams]] in collaboration with editor [[Julius Schwartz]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last= Schwartz|editor-first= Julius|title= Man of Two Worlds|publisher= Harper Paperbacks|year= 2000|isbn= 978-0380810512|page= [https://archive.org/details/manoftwoworldsmy00schw/page/129 129]|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/manoftwoworldsmy00schw/page/129}}</ref> The Man-Bat was the star of his own eponymous series in 1975–1976,<ref>{{cite book|last=McAvennie|first= Michael|editor-last=Dolan|editor-first=Hannah|chapter= 1970s|title = DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2010 |isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 168 |quote =  Thanks to his appearances in ''Detective Comics'' and ''Batman'', Man-Bat's popularity soared to the point where writer Gerry Conway and artist Steve Ditko launched the [character] into his own series.}}</ref> which proved to be unpopular and was cancelled after only two issues.