Comic Title: Batman and the Outsiders #8
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1984
On Sale Date: December 22, 1983 Newsstand Date December 11, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #215
Entry is misprinted
Should be 12/22 not 12/11

Newsstand Date December 22, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #36

Shipping Date November 22, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #215

Copyright Date November 29, 1983
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1983
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date November 29, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #36

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Len Wein

Title: "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle..."
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Artist: Jim Aparo
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 1 HC (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #7; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #301)
• Outsiders (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #7; next appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #9)
• Black Lightning (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #7; next appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #9)
• Geo-Force (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #7; next appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #9)
• Halo (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #7; next appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #9)
• Katana (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #7; next appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #9)
• Metamorpho (last appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #7; next appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #9)

Guest Star(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #15; next appearance in DC Comics Presents #72)
• Simon Stagg (last appearance in DC Comics Presents #40; next appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #14)
• Sapphire (Stagg) Mason (last appearance in DC Comics Presents #40; next appearance in Batman and the Outsiders #14)

Villain(s)

• Tannarak (last appearance in Saga of Swamp Thing #5; no further appearances)