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Issue: Shadow of the Batman #5
Publication Date: April 1986
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Issues: #5 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/18/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #23.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
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Adult Image
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Classic Tales

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers
Inker(s): Marshall Rogers
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Preston Payne]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover.
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Detective Comics #478

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers
Inker(s): Terry Austin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cover Gallery
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Preston Payne]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #477 [unnamed variant] published May 1978
was The House That Haunted Batman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sequence on inside front cover page. Mislabeled as cover to #477.
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The Coming of... Clayface III!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Silver St. Cloud (memory); Clayface [Preston Payne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne (portrait); Martha Wayne (portrait); Commissioner Jim Gordon
Synopsis: Preston Payne uses blood from Matt Hagen, the second Clayface, to try to change the effects of hyperpituitarism on his appearance. But the "cure" causes Payne's flesh to melt like wax and forces him to periodically dissolve others into protoplasm. When Batman interferes with Payne's theft of the components necessary to reverse his condition, he may become Clayface's next victim.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #478 [unnamed variant] published July 1978
was The Coming of... Clayface III! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
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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If a Man Be Made of Clay...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Selina Kyle [Catwoman] (cameo, obscured); Silver St. Cloud (memory)
Synopsis: Before Preston Payne can complete the mechanism which will restore his humanity, Batman confronts him and all of Clayface's efforts go up in fire and smoke.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #479 published September 1978
was If a Man Be Made of Clay...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
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Miscellaneous
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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The Devil's Plague

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers
Inker(s): Marshall Rogers
Colorist(s): Marshall Rogers
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (host)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #254 published September 1977
was The Devil's Plague [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Sequence ends on inside back cover page.

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