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Issue: Batman: Tales of the Demon #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1991
 
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Publisher: FlagWarner Books
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Indicia Publisher: Warner Books Inc.
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Pages: 212
ISBN: 0446393649
UPC/EAN: 978044639364551499
Price: $18.99 CAD
$14.99 USD
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Content Items: 21 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Paul Levitz (editor - original series); Julius Schwartz (editor - original series); Dennis O'Neil (editor - collected edition)
Disclose Notes: There was a version of this book published by DC Comics in 1991 for distribution to comic book stores. First Warner printing January 1992.

Collects stories of Batman vs. Ra's Al Ghul from:
Detective Comics # 411, 485, 489-490
Batman #232, 235, 240, 242-244
DC Special Series #15
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Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Brian Stelfreeze (painted)
Brian Stelfreeze (painted)
Brian Stelfreeze (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Talia; Ra's Al Ghul
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Batman has his back turned on Talia and Ra's, which differs from the Brian Stelfreeze cover of the DC Comics edition.
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Indicia and publisher information
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sam Hamm
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Subject Matter
The other day I was sitting around thinking, as I sometimes do, about a certain pointy-eared super-hero...
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Introduction by Sam Hamm, dated Christmas 1990.
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Into the Den of the Death Dealers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Bob Brown
Dick Giordano
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Ben Oda
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Talia (villain, introduction); Dr. Darrk (death); League of Assassins (introduction ?); Batman
Batman meets Talia, Ra's al Ghul's daughter.
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15
Daughter of the Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Neal Adams
Dick Giordano
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John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman; Robin; Ra's Al Ghul (introduction); Talia; Alfred Pennyworth; Ubu
Ra's Al Ghul discovers Batman's secret identity.
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22
Swamp Sinister

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Irv Novick
Dick Giordano
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John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's al Ghul (villain); Talia al Ghul (villain); Alfred Pennyworth; Solomon T. London; Striss (Ra's al Ghul's technician, death); Polard (Ra's al Ghul's technician, death)
Ra's Al Ghul forces Batman to track down Striss, who has stolen a secret formula from Ra's. Striss does not know the deadly secret of the chemical formula.
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Vengeance for a Dead Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Irv Novick
Dick Giordano
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John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mason Sterling (Death); Flinky Davenport; Dr. Moon; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Keener
Batman and Talia track down the killer of Mason Sterling and Batman discovers who removed Sterling's brain.
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Bruce Wayne--Rest in Peace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Irv Novick
Dick Giordano
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Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Ra's Al Ghul (Cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; James Gordon; Dr. Harris Blaine; Lo Ling
Batman begins his war against Ra's Al Ghul by faking Bruce Wayne's death and recruiting some allies.
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The Lazarus Pit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Neal Adams
Dick Giordano
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Jean Izzo
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Ra's Al Ghul; Talia; Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; Lo Ling; Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Matches Malone]; Dr. Harris Blaine; Ubu; Molly Post
Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to Switzerland, only to find he is dead.
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The Demon Lives Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Neal Adams
Dick Giordano
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Jean Izzo
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia; Molly Post; Lo Ling; Dr. Harris Blaine
Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to the desert and is forced to fight him in a duel.
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15.5
I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Michael Golden
Dick Giordano
Cory Adams
Milt Snapinn
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Talia; Ra's Al Ghul; Lurk; Professor Vasco Marke-Witch; Snazzy Trope; DJ Barry Dark
A pale, swirling shroud covers the city and the silence seems to breathe!
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The Vengeance Vow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Don Newton
Dan Adkins
Adrienne Roy
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (death); League of Assassins (Villain); Ra's Al Ghul (Villain); Talia; Alfred Pennyworth; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Sensei
Receiving a warning that Kathy Kane, the former Batwoman, is in danger, Batman travels to Kathy's circus only to find her attacked by the League of Assassins. Kathy is killed in the attack. Ra's Al Ghul reveals that the Sensei is behind the attack, so Batman goes after him, but must face off against the formidable Bronze Tiger.
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The Bronze Tiger is really Ben Turner, last seen in Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter (DC, 1975 series) #18.
Where Strike the Assassins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Don Newton
Dan Adkins
Adrienne Roy
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; League of Assassins; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Alfred Pennyworth; Sensei; Barton McManus
Batman searches for a geologist who has been kidnapped by Sensei and the League of Assassins.
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Requiem for a Martyr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Don Newton
Dan Adkins
Adrienne Roy
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; League of Assassins; Lurk; Gotham City mayor; Commissioner James Gordon; Reverend Feeney (death); world religious leaders; Barton McManus; Sensei; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul
Batman must stop Sensei who plans to assassinate the world's religious leaders who have come to Gotham for a conference.
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Batman gets justice for Kathy Kane who was killed by the League of Assassins on Sensei's orders in Detective Comics #485.
Afterword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dennis O'Neil
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various
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Subject Matter
If you're reading these words after you've finished the stories collected in this volume, you may have noticed some things.
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Afterword by Dennis O'Neil, dated January 1991.
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Listing of other trade paperbacks and graphic novels.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sam Hamm
Neal Adams
Dick Giordano
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typeset
Subject Matter
Ra's Al Ghul
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Back cover with excerpt from Sam Hamm's introduction and an illustration from Batman #244.

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