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Issue: Shadow of the Batman #1
Publication Date: December 1985
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/20/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #19.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy covers; Baxter paper interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Two Batman Classics

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers (signed)
Inker(s): Marshall Rogers (signed)
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers
Letterer(s): ?; Todd Klein (logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius]; Rupert Thorne; Silver St. Cloud
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover.

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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...By Death's Eerie Light!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Englehart
Penciller(s): Walt Simonson
Inker(s): Al Milgrom
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers [as M. Rogers]
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Doctor Bell; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius] (villain)
Synopsis: When Alfred collapses, Batman discovers many more people are mysteriously becoming sick. The Dark Knight realizes that the Gotham City water supply has been contaminated, so he goes to the Gotham Reservoir and finds the person responsible for the contamination, Doctor Phosphorus.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #469 published May 1977
was ...By Death's Eerie Light! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story starts on inside front cover page.
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The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Englehart
Penciller(s): Walt Simonson
Inker(s): Al Milgrom
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe (credited); Marshall Rogers ? (actual)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Phosphorus
Character(s): Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius]; Dr. Bell; Rupert Thorne
Synopsis: Doctor Phosphorus visits an old colleague and explains how he became a monster when the reactor core at a nuclear power plant in which they both invested exploded and that he now plans to take his revenge on all those he blames, particularly City Council Chairman Rupert Thorne.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #469 published May 1977
was The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Sequence has been recolored. Does not have original colors from Jerry Serpe.
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The Master Plan of Dr. Phosphorus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Englehart
Penciller(s): Walt Simonson
Inker(s): Al Milgrom
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Smiley Royal; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Doctor Bell; Doctor Phosphorus [Alexander Sartorius] (villain); Chief O'Hara; Rupert Thorne; Silver St. Cloud
Synopsis: Batman confronts Doctor Phosphorus at the new Gotham City offshore nuclear power plant.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #470 published June 1977
was The Master Plan of Dr. Phosphorus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Hell Park

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. M. DeMatteis
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers
Inker(s): Marshall Rogers
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers [as M. Rogers]
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Editor(s): Paul Levitz
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host); Reverend Willy Gunther; June Gunther; Eddie Rogers; Gordon Sledge; Demian (Gordon's dog); Maxine; Leo
Synopsis: Reverend Willy Gunther visits Gordon Sledge's version of Disneyland - Hell Park.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #274 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1979
was Hell Park [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story ends on inside back cover page.

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