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Issue: Batman: False Faces #[nn]
Publication Date: April 2008
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 02/06/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 168
ISBN: 9781401216405
UPC/EAN: 978140121640551999
Price: $22.99 CAD
$19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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FlagBatman by Brian K. Vaughan #[nn] published May 2017
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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superhero
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The front cover portion of the dust jacket.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
This is all Kurt Busiek's fault.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
Batman; Matches Malone
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Close Before Striking, Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]; Nightwing [Batman; Dick Grayson]; Oracle; "Matches" Malone; Ventriloquist
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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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Matches Malone
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Close Before Striking, Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (also in flashback); Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Oracle; "Matches" Malone (dies, also in flashback); Ventriloquist; Jim Gordon (in flashback)
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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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
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Close Before Striking, Chapter Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne; Matches Malone]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Oracle; Ventriloquist
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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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Mad Hatter
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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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[untitled]

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superhero
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A Piece of You, Chapter One

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superhero
Wonder Woman; Clayface [also impersonating Cheetah]; Troia [Donna Troy]; Argent
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
Wonder Woman; Donna Troy; Clayface
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A Piece of You, Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Troia [Donna Troy]; Nightwing; Robin [Tim Drake]
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Skullduggery

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