"Those Were the Bad Old Days!" is the title of the first story featured in issue #10 of the first Batman Family ongoing comic book series. It was written by Bob Rozakis with artwork by Bob Brown and inks by Vince Colletta. The story is a Batgirl spotlight feature. The second story is a reprinted Golden Age tale called "Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson!", which was written by Bill Finger with artwork by Bob Kane and inks by Jerry Robinson. The third and final vignette is also a reprinted story called "The Second Boy Wonder!" by Ed Herron and artists Sheldon Moldoff and Charles Paris. The book was edited by Julius Schwartz with E. Nelson Bridwell as associate editor. It shipped with a March-April, 1977 cover date and carries a cover price of .50 cents per copy.
According to the thoughts of Barbara Gordon in the "Those Were the Bad Old Days", Barbara is 25-years-old and won a scholarship eight years prior, while Dick Grayson is still a teenager.