Comic Title: Detective Comics #408
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1971
On Sale Date: December 31, 1970 Newsstand Date December 31, 1970
Source: House Ad, Binky #77, Page 45

Newsstand Date December 31, 1970
Source: Direct Currents, Star Spangled War Stories #155, Page 15

Copyright Date December 31, 1970
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1971

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Phantom Bullfighter"
Pages: 7

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

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Don Heck
Inker: Dick Giordano

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batgirl Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Batgirl:The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batgirl (last appearance in Detective Comics #407; next appearance in Detective Comics #409)

Other Character(s)

• Don Alvarado (no further appearances)
• El Granados (a champion bullfighter; no further appearances)
• Manolo El Viejo (a former bullfighter; no further appearances)
• Paco (an aspiring bullfighter; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Detective Comics #409.

Synopsis:
Barbara Gordon visits Spain to meet Don Alvarado who is donating an original manuscript to the library by a prize-winning novelist. During her stay, Babs attends a bull fight with Alvarado. The champion bull fighter El Granados is nearly killed, but a young fighter named Paco intervenes. Both the bull fighter and his mentor Manolo El Viejo are displeased that the boy has stolen their honor.

Later Babs visits Alvarado's ranch. During the night a cloaked man steals El Granados's sword and uses it to kill a prize bull. Batgirl tried to stop him, but she failed. The next day another sword is stolen, leading Babs to conclude that the man will strike again.