Story: "Dead Letter Office" (22 Pages)

Credits:

James Owsley (plot, script)
Jim Aparo (pencils)
Mike DeCarlo (inks)
Adrienne Roy (colors)
John Costanza (letters)
Dan Raspler (assistant edits)
Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Supporting Characters:

James Gordon

Other Characters:

Maxine Kelly (a private investigator)
Tina Winston
Willie Saunders
Josh Winston (first appearance of all)

Synopsis:

Batman encounters a private investigator who is trying to help a dying woman track down her son, who was kidnapped seven years ago at the age of three. He breaks into a federal building to track down the original suspect, whom he determines to be innocent, and the two of them then work to track down the real culprit - a woman whose own son had gone missing, and kidnapped the boy as a replacement. The boy is reunited with his mother, not knowing who she is, for a brief moment before she dies. The woman keeps custody of the boy, and Batman feels his work is done.