| 0 | - | cover | 0 | pencils: José Luis García-López, Javier Pulido; inks: José Luis García-López, Javier Pulido | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Phosphorus |
| 1 | - | cover | 2 | pencils: Trevor Von Eeden; inks: Joe Rubinstein | The Joker |
| 2 | - | insert or dust jacket | 0 | pencils: José Luis García-López, Jim Aparo, Jim Starlin, Denys Cowan, Rich Buckler, Gene Colan; inks: Jim Aparo, Jim Starlin, Frank McLaughlin, Dick Giordano | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; The Joker; The Monk; Catman [Thomas Blake] |
| 3 | Title Page | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 4 | Title and Credits | credits, title page | 2 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom | Doctor Phosphorus |
| 5 | - | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 6 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 2 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Joker |
| 7 | Detective Comics #439 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Atom [Ray Palmer] (head shot); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head shot); Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (head shot); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (head shot); Kid Eternity (head shot) |
| 8 | Night of the Stalker! | comic story | 14 | script: Vin Amendola, Sal Amendola, Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Amendola; inks: Dick Giordano, Sal Amendola; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Morris Waldinger | Batman [Bruce Wayne] (4-page origin); Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill; Cannon; Rick |
| 9 | Detective Comics #469 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius] |
| 10 | ...By Death's Eerie Light! | comic story | 11 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: M. Rogers; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Julius Schwartz | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Doctor Bell; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius] (villain) |
| 11 | The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus | comic story | 6 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Jerry Serpe, Marshall Rogers; editing: Julius Schwartz | Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius]; Doctor Bell; Rupert Thorne |
| 12 | Detective Comics #470 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius] |
| 13 | The Master Plan of Dr. Phosphorus! | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Julius Schwartz | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Smiley Royal; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Doctor Bell; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius] (villain); Chief O'Hara; Rupert Thorne; Silver St. Cloud |
| 14 | Detective Comics #471 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hugo Strange |
| 15 | The Dead Yet Live | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: John Workman; editing: Julius Schwartz | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Rupert Thorne; Doctor Phosphorus (flashback, cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Hugo Strange [also as Doctor Todhunter]; Magda |
| 16 | Detective Comics #472 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Tatjana Wood | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 17 | I Am the Batman! | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: John Workman; editing: Julius Schwartz | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hugo Strange [also as Bruce Wayne; also as Batman]; Magda; Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rupert Thorne; Penguin (cameo); Joker (cameo) |
| 18 | Detective Comics #473 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Marshall Rogers; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (as shadow) |
| 19 | The Malay Penguin! | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Milt Snapinn; editing: Julius Schwartz | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Bruno; Murdock; Joker (heard only); Mr. Reed; Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Bell; Hugo Strange (cameo, as ghost); Broome (obscured) |
| 20 | Detective Comics #474 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Tatjana Wood | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton] |
| 21 | The Deadshot Ricochet | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Julius Schwartz | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Girl (cameo); Harlequin [Duela Dent] (cameo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Rupert Thorne; Hugo Strange (as ghost); Silver St. Cloud; Joker (cameo) |
| 22 | Detective Comics #475 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: John Workman | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker |
| 23 | The Laughing Fish! | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Julius Schwartz | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud; Joker; G. Carl Francis; Rupert Thorne; Commissioner Jim Gordon |
| 24 | Detective Comics #476 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Tatjana Wood | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 25 | Sign of the Joker! | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Milton Snapinn; editing: Julius Schwartz | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Thomas Jackson; Joker; Hugo Strange (as ghost); Rupert Thorne; Silver St. Cloud |
| 26 | Batman #311 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-López; colors: Tatjana Wood | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Doctor Phosphorus [Alex Sartorius] |
| 27 | Dr. Phosphorus Is Back! | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Ben Oda | Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Peter Curtis; Boss Rupert Thorne; Doctor Phosphorus [Alex Sartorius]; Killer Moth |
| 28 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #109 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jason Pearson; inks: Jason Pearson; colors: Digital Chameleon | Batman; The Riddler |
| 29 | Primal Riddle Chapter One: Nasty, Brutish, and Short! | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Dusty Abell; inks: Drew Geraci; colors: Digital Chameleon; letters: Willie Schubert | Batman; The Riddler; Alfred Pennyworth |
| 30 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #110 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jason Pearson; inks: Jason Pearson; colors: Digital Chameleon | The Riddler |
| 31 | Primal Riddle Chapter Two: Perhaps the Only Riddle That We Shrink from Giving Up! | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Dusty Abell; inks: Drew Geraci; colors: Digital Chameleon; letters: Willie Schubert | Batman; The Riddler; Alfred Pennyworth |
| 32 | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #111 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jason Pearson; inks: Jason Pearson; colors: Digital Chameleon | The Riddler; Alfred Pennyworth; Batman |
| 33 | Primal Riddle Chapter Three: A Dumpster of Chèrées | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Dusty Abell; inks: Drew Geraci; colors: Lovern Kindzierski; letters: Willie Schubert | Batman; The Riddler; Alfred Pennyworth |
| 34 | The Batman Chronicles #19 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Javier Pulido; inks: Javier Pulido; colors: Patrick Martin | Batman |
| 35 | Got a Date with an Angel | comic story | 18 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Javier Pulido; inks: Javier Pulido; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Willie Schubert | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Viveca Beausoleil |
| 36 | Legends of the DC Universe #26 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Tony Harris; inks: Tony Harris; colors: Tony Harris | Joker; Aquaman |
| 37 | The Fishy Laugh | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Trevor Von Eeden; inks: Joe Rubenstein; colors: Digital Chameleon, Rick Taylor; letters: Sean Konot | Joker; Aquaman; Vulko; Loska; Pirol; Kamea; Felua; Neptune (Joker hallucination) |
| 38 | Legends of the DC Universe #27 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Tony Harris; inks: Tony Harris; colors: Tony Harris | Joker; Aquaman; Batman |
| 39 | Reign of the Joker! | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Trevor Von Eeden; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Rick Taylor; letters: Sean Konot | Joker; Aquaman; Batman; Loska; Felua |
| 40 | Batman: Dark Detective #1 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin | Joker |
| 41 | The Dark Detective: Some Enchanted Evening | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Chris Chuckry; letters: John Workman | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud; Evan Gregory; Julius; Caroline; Jeffers; VILLAINS: Joker; Two-Face [Harvey Dent] |
| 42 | Batman: Dark Detective #2 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin | Batman; Silver St. Cloud; Joker; Scarecrow; Blockbuster; Penguin; Two-Face |
| 43 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 44 | The Dark Detective: You May See a Stranger | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Chris Chuckry; letters: John Workman | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Evan Gregory; Murray; Mr. Haney; Joker (villain); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain) |
| 45 | Batman: Dark Detective #3 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud; Two-Face [Harvey Dent] |
| 46 | The Dark Detective: Two Faces Have I | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Chris Chuckry; letters: John Workman | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud; Mr. Novick; Joker (villain); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain); Harvey Dent (clone; dies; villain); Dr. Double X (villain) |
| 47 | Batman: Dark Detective #4 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin | Batman; Scarecrow |
| 48 | The Dark Detective: Thriller | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Chris Chuckry; letters: John Workman | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud; Evan Gregory; Murray; Mr. Liebowitz (dream); Joker (villain); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain) |
| 49 | Batman: Dark Detective #5 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin | Batman; Scarecrow; Two-Face |
| 50 | The Dark Detective: Everybody Dance Now | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Chris Chuckry; letters: John Workman | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Evan Gregory; Murray; Smiley; Friedrich; Robbins; Joker (villain); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain); Two-Face (clone, villain) |
| 51 | Batman: Dark Detective #6 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin | Batman; Joker; Silver St. Cloud |
| 52 | The Dark Detective: House | comic story | 22 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Chris Chuckry; letters: John Workman | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud; Evan Gregory; Murray; Joker (villain) |
| 53 | - | insert or dust jacket | 0 | letters: typeset | Steve Englehart |
| 54 | Dark Detective | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0 | pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |