"Night of the Savage"
Batman and the Gotham Police Department are searching for Mark Desmond (a.k.a. Blockbuster) who has been missing in Gotham Bay for one week. Unknown to them though, Desmond has washed up on shore and has made his way south to a mining town, where he's befriended by a miner and his wife.
"The Tightening Web!"
Barbara Gordon's defense for the murder that she's charged with gains momentum as Jeff Cotton and James Gordon piece together clues pointing to a frame-up. This story runs from Detective Comics #497 to #499.