Comic Title: Detective Comics #385
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1969
On Sale Date: January 30, 1969 Copyright Date January 30, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date January 30, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #71

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Hunt for the Helpless Hostage"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Mike Friedrich
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Murphy Anderson

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batgirl Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Detective Comics Classics #1 (2011)
Batgirl:The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batgirl (last appearance in Detective Comics #384; next appearance in Detective Comics #385)

Villain(s)

• Web Foote and his gang (Rudi, Jimmy, and Charlie named; last appearance in Detective Comics #384; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mark Hanner (last appearance in Detective Comics #384; no further appearances)
• Sharon Hanner (name revealed; last appearance in Detective Comics #384; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from the second story of Detective Comics #384.

Synopsis:
Batgirl tracks down Mark Hanner who has passed out from diabetic shock. She rushes him to the hospital where he makes a quick recovery. Mark works as a private detective and has gathered evidence against gangster Web Foote. The crook has now captured Sharon, his sister. Batgirl and Mark work together to rescue Sharon and capture Foote. The next Friday at the library, Mark asks Barbara Gordon on a date.