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Issue: Batman by Brian K. Vaughan #[nn]
Publication Date: May 2017
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 03/22/2017
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Pages: 164
ISBN: 9781401268381
UPC/EAN: 978140126838151699
Price: $22.99 CAD
$16.99 USD
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Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
This is all Kurt Busiek's fault.
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matches Malone
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Miscellaneous
1
Close Before Striking, Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]; Nightwing [Batman; Dick Grayson]; Oracle; Ventriloquist; Scarface
Using the "Matches" Malone cover, Batman shuts down Ventriloquist's gun running operation. Ventriloquist puts out a contract on "Matches." Oracle calls the cave looking for Batman, surprised to see him there since "Matches" was just shot in a bar in Gotham.
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]
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Miscellaneous
1
Close Before Striking, Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Ventriloquist; Scarface
Batman reveals he "borrowed" the "Matches" ID from a supposedly dead arsonist. Finding the dying "Matches" at the bar, Batman slips into that persona and sets out to "get" Ventriloquist.
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Miscellaneous
22
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Miscellaneous
1
Close Before Striking, Chapter Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Ventriloquist; Scarface
Batman tracks the Ventriloquist, intent on killing him. As the physical conflict goes on, he fights an inner battle between his persona and "Matches". In the end he is able to shrug off the "Matches" persona and just take Ventriloquist into custody.
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Miscellaneous
22
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Mad Hatter
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Miscellaneous
1
Mimsy Were the Borogoves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Harvey Bullock; Francine Langstrom; Kirk Langstrom; Mad Hatter
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Miscellaneous
22
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
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Miscellaneous
1
A Piece of You, Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Clayface [also impersonating Cheetah]; Troia [Donna Troy]; Argent
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Miscellaneous
22
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Troia [Donna Troy]; Clayface
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Miscellaneous
1
A Piece of You, Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Clayface; Troia [Donna Troy]; Nightwing; Robin (cameo)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
22
Skullduggery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Joker; Riddler; Mr. Freeze
Somebody is posing as other Batman villains to set up Bruce Wayne.
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Miscellaneous
5

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