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Issue: Batman: Tales of the Demon #[nn]
Publication Date: May 1991
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/1991
Volume: none
Pages: 212
ISBN: 0930289943
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $21.95 CAD
$14.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
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 Warner Books in 1992 for distribution to the book trade.

New printings: March 30, 2005 and June 2, 2005.

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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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Brian Stelfreeze (painted)
Inker(s): Brian Stelfreeze (painted)
Colorist(s): Brian Stelfreeze (painted)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Talia; Ra's Al Ghul
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Batman is facing Talia and Ra's, which differs from the Brian Stelfreeze cover of the Warner Books edition.
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sam Hamm
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The other day I was sitting around thinking, as I sometimes do, about a certain pointy-eared super-hero...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Introduction by Sam Hamm, dated Christmas 1990.
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Into the Den of the Death Dealers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Talia (villain, introduction); Dr. Darrk (death); League of Assassins (introduction ?); Batman
Synopsis: Batman meets Talia, Ra's al Ghul's daughter.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #411 published May 1971
was Into the Den of the Death-Dealers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Daughter of the Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Ra's Al Ghul (introduction); Talia; Alfred Pennyworth; Ubu
Synopsis: Ra's Al Ghul discovers Batman's secret identity.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #232 published June 1971
was Daughter of the Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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Swamp Sinister

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagBatman #235 published September 1971
was Swamp Sinister [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Vengeance for a Dead Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mason Sterling (Death); Flinky Davenport; Dr. Moon; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Keener
Synopsis: Batman and Talia track down the killer of Mason Sterling and Batman discovers who removed Sterling's brain.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #240 published March 1972
was Vengeance for a Dead Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 17
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Bruce Wayne--Rest in Peace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Ra's Al Ghul (Cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; James Gordon; Dr. Harris Blaine; Lo Ling
Synopsis: Batman begins his war against Ra's Al Ghul by faking Bruce Wayne's death and recruiting some allies.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #242 published June 1972
was Bruce Wayne -- Rest in Peace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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The Lazarus Pit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jean Izzo
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to Switzerland, only to find he is dead.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #243 published August 1972
was The Lazarus Pit! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23.5
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The Demon Lives Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jean Izzo
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia; Molly Post; Lo Ling; Dr. Harris Blaine
Synopsis: Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to the desert and is forced to fight him in a duel.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #244 published September 1972
was The Demon Lives Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15.5
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I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Michael Golden
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Cory Adams
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Talia; Ra's Al Ghul; Lurk; Professor Vasco Marke-Witch; Snazzy Trope; DJ Barry Dark
First Line: A pale, swirling shroud covers the city and the silence seems to breathe!
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From Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #15 published January 1978
was I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
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The Vengeance Vow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Dan Adkins
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (death); League of Assassins (Villain); Ra's Al Ghul (Villain); Talia; Alfred Pennyworth; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Sensei
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #485 published August 1979
was The Vengeance Vow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: The Bronze Tiger is really Ben Turner, last seen in Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter (DC, 1975 series) #18.
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Where Strike the Assassins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Dan Adkins
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; League of Assassins; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Alfred Pennyworth; Sensei; Barton McManus
Synopsis: Batman searches for a geologist who has been kidnapped by Sensei and the League of Assassins.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #489 published April 1980
was Where Strike the Assassins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Requiem for a Martyr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Dan Adkins
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #490 published May 1980
was Requiem for a Martyr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Batman gets justice for Kathy Kane who was killed by the League of Assassins on Sensei's orders in Detective Comics #485.
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Afterword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: 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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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Afterword by Dennis O'Neil, dated January 1991.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Listing of other trade paperbacks and graphic novels.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sam Hamm
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ra's Al Ghul
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover with excerpt from Sam Hamm's introduction and an illustration from Batman #244.

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