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Issue: Batman: War Games #2
Publication Date: August 2005
 
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Title: Tides
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/02/2005
Volume: 2
Pages: 196
ISBN: 14012043099781401204303
UPC/EAN: 978140120430351499
Price: $19.99 CAD
$14.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 20 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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War Games: Act Two: Tides

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Black Mask [Roman Sionis]
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
What Has Gone Before

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Credits
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Miscellaneous
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War Games Act 2 Part 1 Undertow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Caitlin Callahan (reporter); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Darla Aquista (flashback, cameo); Arturo Rodriguez (reporter); Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Officer Renee Montoya; Leslie Thompkins; Onyx; Commissioner Michael Akins; Robin [Tim Drake]; Alexandra Kosov; Alfred Pennyworth
Batman and Oracle try to stop the growing gang war in Gotham. Alexandra Kosov narrowly misses the hitmen sent by Aquista. Robin joins the battle.
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Miscellaneous
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War Games continues in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #183.
War Games: Act 2 Part 2 Philosophical Differences

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matches Malone [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Onyx; Orpheus; James Gordon; Commissioner Michael Akins; Holly Robinson; Dr. Leslie Thompkins; Diego Escabedo; Black Mask (face hidden by visor)
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Miscellaneous
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War Games crossover continued from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #798.
War Games crossover continued in Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #97.
War Games: Act 2 Part 3 Clarification

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Nightwing; Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Onyx; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Holly Robinson; Karon; Leslie Thompkins; Scarface; Ventriloquist; Penguin (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
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War Games crossover continued from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #183.
War Games crossover continues in Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #57.
War Games: Act 2 Part 4 The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Spoiler; Batman; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Killer Croc; Trickster; Deadshot; Robin [Tim Drake]; Nightwing; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Orpheus; Penguin; Black Mask; Alfred Pennyworth
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Miscellaneous
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War Games crossover continued from Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #97.
War Games crossover continues in Robin (DC, 1993 series) #130.
War Games: Act 2 Part 5 The Only Light in Gotham

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Robin [Tim Drake]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Black Mask [Roman Sionis]; Jack Drake; Dana Drake; Dr. Leslie Thompkins
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Tim Drake reassumed the Robin identity in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #798.

War Games crossover continued from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #57.
War Games crossover continues in Batgirl (DC, 2000 series) #56.
War Games: Act 2 Part 6 Collateral Damage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Lynx; Black Mask; Leslie Tompkins; Hush
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War Games crossover continued from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #130.
War Games crossover continues in Catwoman (DC, 1993 series) #35.
War Games: Act 2 Part 7 Betrayal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Spoiler; Catwoman; Oracle; Batman; Commissioner Michael Akins; James Gordon; Pistolera; Vicious; Black Mask; Orpheus
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War Games crossover continued from Batgirl (DC, 2000 series) #56.
War Games crossover continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #632.
War Games: Act 2 Part 8: Orpheus in the Underworld

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Darla Aquista (deceased); Mr. Aquista; Arturo Rodriguez; Orpheus; Onyx; Black Mask [Roman Sionis]; Zeiss [Philo Zeiss]; Catwoman (Cameo); Batgirl (Cameo); Nightwing (Cameo); Robin [Tim Drake] (Cameo)
Zeiss battles Batman and Orpheus.
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War Games continued from Catwoman (DC, 2002 series) #35.
War Games continues in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #799.
War Games Act Two Part 1 of 8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Miscellaneous
1
Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
War Games Act Two Part 2 of 8

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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; James Gordon
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Nightwing [Dick Grayson]
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Miscellaneous
1
Incorrectly attributed as the cover for Nightwing #98, with corresponding credits. It is in fact, the first page splash of the issue without any of the text.

War Games crossover continued from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #183.
War Games crossover continues in Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #57.
War Games: Act Two Part 4 of 8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Miscellaneous
1
War Games Act Two Part 5 of 8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Robin [Tim Drake]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Lynx
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Miscellaneous
1
War Games crossover dressing.
War Games Act Two Part 7 of 8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Pistolera; Vicious
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Miscellaneous
1
War Games: Act Two Part 8 of 8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Orpheus; Zeiss
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Miscellaneous
1
Covering War Games: A Chat with James Jean

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Q&A format discussion of the process James Jean used to design the covers for the three War Games collections, how he tied them together, as well as the different approaches to each volume and how that reflected the progression of the story. Accompanied by preliminary sketches and images showing the progression for all three volumes. The interviewer side of the discussion is uncredited.

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