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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (a series of images, reflecting how they have looked at different times over the years)

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Pages: 2

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Credits on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

Notes: Credits for all the covers and editors with background images from Detective Comics (1937 series) #27 cover.

Batman's Longest Case

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Guild of Detection [Slam Bradley; Detective Chimp [Bobo]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; The Question [Vic Sage]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Traci Thirteen]

First Line: It's a case the seems to have a thousand parts...

Synopsis: After long years following clue after clue in a case, the Batman finally solves it: it was a test from the Detective Guild to accept him as a member.

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Pages: 8

Manufacture for Use

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; Matches Malone]; Alfred Pennyworth; Joker; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Mister Freeze [Victor Fries]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Onomatopoeia; Bane; Firefly [Ted Carson]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Victor Zsasz; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Ventriloquist [Arnold Wesker]; Scarface

First Line: I'm not trying to make a spectacle of myself.

Synopsis: Disguised as Matches Malone, the Batman purchases the gun that killed his parents and uses the metal to make the shield he carries in his chest.

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Pages: 8

The Legend of Knute Brody.

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Knute Brody]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon; also as Knute Brody]; Tim Drake [also as Robin, Knute Brody]; Alfred Pennyworth [also as Knute Brody]; Damian Wayne [also as Knute Brody Junior]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Riddler [Edward Nygma]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Tweedledee; Tweedledum; Ventriloquist [Arnold Wesker]; Scarface; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Condiment King; Joker; Kite-Man [Charles Brown]; Mister Freeze [Victor Fries]; Hare; Gotham City Police Department [unnamed officers]

First Line: Who?

Synopsis: Legendary incompetent henchman Knute Brody, who has failed all the criminal bosses of Gotham City, is actually a fake individual, played in turns by the Batman and his allies.

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Pages: 8

The Batman's Design

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth (only on the phone)

First Line: They've had a very bad day.

Synopsis: The Batman leads a group of fugitive military-trained criminals to a warehouse filled with traps.

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Pages: 10

Return to Crime Alley

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Leslie Thompkins; Martha Wayne (flashback, death); Thomas Wayne (flashback, death); Joe Chill (flashback)

First Line: Leslie Thompkins' voice is shrill and edged with panic.

Synopsis: To Leslie Thompkins' horror, the Batman hits badly a group of teenagers that try to rob them on the anniversary of his parents' death.

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Pages: 8

Heretic

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Gotham City Police Department [James Gordon; unnamed officers]; Dick Grayson; Ra's al Ghul; Tan Lujun (death); Tan's sister

First Line: Money--! Just give it to us--you have plenty--!

Synopsis: Batman investigates the death of an Asian youth found with Bruce Wayne's business card in his pocket, and the trail soon leads to a connection to the League of Assassins.

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Pages: 8

I Know

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Joker; Deathstroke [Slade Wilson]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Riddler [Edward Nygma]; Mister Freeze [Victor Fries]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Bane; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; unnamed Wayne Manor's security guards

First Line: Weyp. Weyp. Weyp. You recognize me? You recognize me. Weyp.

Synopsis: A very old Oswald Cobblepot visits invalid Bruce Wayne to boast that he knew he was Batman and chose not to kill him. But Wayne has the last word.

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Pages: 9

The Last Crime in Gotham

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Echo (daughter of Bruce and Selina); Ace; Son of the Joker (deceased); Calendar Man [Julian Day] (deceased)

Synopsis: On his birthday, Bruce Wayne imagines a future with a family and with crime in Gotham defeated.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Gotham City; Batcave; Bat-Signal; GCPD Headquarters; Giant Joker Card; Giant Penny; Batman's T-Rex

The Precedent

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Richard Grayson; also as Nightwing]; Thomas Wayne (portrait); Martha Wayne (portrait); John Grayson (flashback, deceased); Mary Grayson (flashback, deceased); Teen Titans [Speedy [Roy Harper]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Aqualad [Garth]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Starfire [Koriand'r]]; Riddler [Edward Nygma]; Bane; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Joker; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Mister Freeze [Victor Fries]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Hush [Tommy Elliot]; Professor Pyg [Lazlo Valentin]; Ra's al Ghul; Court of Owls [unspecified member]

First Line: I'm worried about the precedent this sets.

Synopsis: Bruce Wayne and Alfred discuss the wisdom of having teenager Dick Grayson fighting crime alongside the Batman.

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Pages: 5

Batman's Greatest Case

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Nightwing [Richard Grayson]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Red Robin [Tim Drake]; Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]; Orphan [Cassandra Cain]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batwoman [Katherine Kane]; Signal [Duke Thomas]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ace; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]

Synopsis: On the eve of his parents' death, Bruce Wayne calls a meeting to take a family photograph.

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Pages: 8

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker; Riddler [Edward Nygma]

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Pages: 1

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Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Red Robin [Tim Drake]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Orphan [Cassandra Cain]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]; Signal [Duke Thomas]; Ra's al Ghul; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Joker; Mister Freeze [Victor Fries]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Riddler [Edward Nygma]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Talia al Ghul; Bane; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]

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Pages: 2

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne

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Pages: 1

Medieval

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Arkham Knight [Astrid Arkham] (introduction); Joker; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Mister Freeze [Victor Fries]; Nora Fries; Gotham City Police Department [unnamed officer]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Ra's al Ghul; Talia al Ghul; League of Assassins [unnamed members]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Bane; Talon [William Cobb]; Nobody [Morgan Ducard]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Hush [Thomas Elliot]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]

First Line: I have seen him.

Synopsis: The Arkham Knight recounts his view on Batman.

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Pages: 12

Editorial Credits and Indicia

Credits on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker

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Pages: 1

Notes: Indicia and company info on illustration from the cover.