From the Ask The Answer Man column in The Unexpected #185 (1978):

OK, Bob Rozakis and Al Milgrom, silly dismissive answer aside...

THERE IS NOW NOTHING IN THE WORLD I WANT MORE THAN A JONAH HEX/MAN-BAT TEAM-UP!!

Rebirth, anyone?

Then again, given the recent fascination in the nu52 with Man-Bat, we'd get a slightly different headline.

After all, no heroes are "welcome additions" to crime-fighting right now--that wouldn't be broody or sacrificy enough. Every hero has to be Silver or Bronze Age Spider-Man or Hulk, hunted by the police or opposed by the U.S. military, constantly saving us even though we distrust and hate them.

Still there's a chance a modern Man-Bat headline wouldn't just be the "Threat Or Menace" variety.

No, the nu52 headline would go

MAN-BAT SLAUGHTERS CHILD PORNOGRAPHER WHILE HIS CHILDREN WATCH

with the sub-headline

BATMAN LOOKS ON APPROVINGLY

sigh...

From Batman Family #18 (1978)

Random chance has a bunch of freaky heroes coming together to thwart a plot by Felix Faust: Man-Bat, Black Orchid, Madame Xanadu, Phantom Stranger, Blue Devil, the Creeper, and Etrigan!!

After they settle Faust's hash, the Creeper has an idea:

"A Spooky Justice League Of America"?!?! This is it, then, right? The real beginning of Justice League Dark?

It's going to happen, right?


Nah.

So close, and yet so far.

From Blue Devil Annual #1 (1985)