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Issue: Batman: Secrets of the Batcave #[nn]
Publication Date: October 2007
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 08/29/2007
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Pages: 212
ISBN: 9781401213701
UPC/EAN: 978140121370151799
Price: $21.99 CAD
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Content Items: 23 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Secrets of the Batcave

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Batcave in the 40s / Batcave in the 50s

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Details from the stories from Batman #48 and Detective Comics #205.
Brothers in Crime!

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rafferty Brothers [Peter (death); Steve (death); Mike (death)] (villains)
While visiting their trophy room, the Caped Crusaders come across a bullet-proof vest, a keepsake from a case involving the Rafferty Brothers, who unwittingly implicated their brother Peter in a murder.
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The Penny Plunderers!

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; J. J. Withers (introduction); Joe Coyne (villain, introduction); Skinny (villain, introduction, death); Mike (villain, introduction)
Throughout his life, Joe Coyne felt threatened, done in by pennies and coppers, so he decides to use the "copper penny" as a trademark of his crimes.
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Dinosaur Island!

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Murray Wilson Hart (master showman); Mr. Breach (big-game hunter); Stephen Chase (villain, big-game hunter)
Batman and Robin are challenged to a game of "Touch Hunt" on famed Dinosaur Island in return for a gift to charity in the amount of $5000...if they win the game. But they soon discover that they are the prey being hunted...by a very human adversary!
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Bob Kane credited with pencils in this volume.
Batcave in the 60s

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The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman!

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Doom (villain, smuggler, death); The Joker (villain, image)
As they add trophy 1000 to the Bat-Cave's collection, the Caped Crusaders decide to check over the other trophies to make sure they are in good shape. They are called out on another case, bringing back trophy 1001 unaware that the evil Dr. Doom is hiding inside and plans to rig some of the trophies in the Bat-Cave to kill the Dynamic Duo.
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The Man Behind the Red Hood!

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dean Chalmers (of State University); Paul Wong (student); Jimmy Kale (student); Earl "Farmerboy" Benson (villain, ex-con, university gardener); The Red Hood [The Joker] (villain, origin); unnamed crime victim; unnamed police officer; unnamed college students; unnamed night watchman
Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.
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Retains the incorrect art credits from The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told reprint on the splash page; correct credits in table of contents.
The Flying Bat-Cave!

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Rocky; "Diamond" Lang; "Big-Time" Gateson
When criminals kidnap Robin, they make Batman pledge not to set foot in Gotham for one week. Thinking they have a clear path to commit crimes, the criminals are surprised when Batman creates a flying Bat-Cave from which he and Robin can foil crimes from the air.
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The First Batman

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Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin re-cap); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Thomas Wayne [as Bat-Man] (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback); Lew Moxon (villain, introduction, death); Joey Chill (villain, death)
The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had ONLY been hired to kill his parents...and the real man responsible was still alive and free.
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The 100 Batarangs of Batman

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jay Garris (villain, introduction); Elmer Mason (Batman admirer); Lee Collins (Australian boomerang expert)
Upon learning that crooks are planning to use batarangs against them, Batman and Robin review their past cases using specialized batarangs for clues. But they hope that the crooks have not learned the secret of Batarang-X.
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Batcave in the 70s

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The Origin of the Bat-Cave!

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed museum curator; Professor Carter Nichols; Jeremy Coe (doubles as an Indian); a tribe of Indians (villains)
When the Caped Crusaders discover an ancient piece of pottery in the Bat-Cave, they have Professor Nichols send them back in time to see if they can discover the origin of this artifact.
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The Man Who Falls

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Master Kirigi; Henri Ducard; Willie Doggett (cameo); Tom Woodley (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth
As Batman waits to fall upon his prey, the narrator relates how falling has been a theme throughout his early life, the death of his parents, his training, and his creation of the Batman.
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The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave!

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Wolf Brando (villain, introduction, death); Reilly (police officer)
An escaped convict on the run accidentally discovers the entrance to the Batcave and learns the secret identities of Batman and Robin, and attacks the dynamic duo using their own weapons and trophies against them.
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Batcave in the 80s

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The Batman Dime-Museum

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Prisoners of the Bat-Cave

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed Governor; Roddy (a framed prisoner); Len Paul (villain)
Trapped by a malfunctioning time-lock, the Caped Crusaders actually solve a murder mystery while confined, but must find a way to get the evidence to the Governor in time to prevent an innocent man's execution!
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Batcave in the 90s

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Shadow Play

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rebecca Langstrom; Francine Langstrom; James Gordon; Barbara Gordon; Vicki Vale; Boss Rupert Thorne; Morton Deal; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]
Bruce, Dick, and Alfred move back to Wayne Manor, where they are confronted by Francine Langstrom who demands that Bruce live up to his promise to find and rescue Kirk. Batman brings young Rebecca along as he searches the cave system near Wayne Manor to find Man-Bat, who still believes that his daughter is dead and that Batman is his enemy.
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Interlude on Earth-Two

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Batman (Earth 1); Robin (Earth 2); Batwoman (Earth 2); Dr. Hugo Strange (Earth 2); Starman [Ted Knight] (Earth 2)
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Batcave in the Present

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from Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight (DK Publishing, 2005)
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Inside the Batcave

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Story title from the table of contents.

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