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Issue: Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1
Publication Date: February 1992
 
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Is Variant Variant: Third Printing
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 12/01/2004
Volume: 1
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1401203752
UPC/EAN: 76194120262400113
Price: $30.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
28 (17 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Michael Charles Hill (Collected Editions); Bob Kahan (Collected Editions)
Disclose Notes: Reprints Batman #1-4 (1940). Black and white reconstruction on interior covers and selected stories by Rick Keene. Color reconstruction by Bob Le Rose. Special thanks to Joe Desris, Martin O'Hearn and Richard Morrissey.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
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Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
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2
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
4
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Batman #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin
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Miscellaneous
1
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The Legend of the Batman - Who He Is and How He Came to Be!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne
A young Bruce Wayne witnesses his parents killed by a thug. He then vows to avenge their deaths by fighting crime.
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2
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The Joker

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
Batman and Robin versus the Joker
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Miscellaneous
13
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Professor Hugo Strange and the Monsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Professor Hugo Strange
Batman battles Professor Hugo Strange and his monster men.
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12
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The Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Cat [Selina Kyle; renamed Catwoman in Batman #2]
Batman and Robin versus Catwoman
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13
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The Joker Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker
Batman and Robin once again take on the Clown Prince of Crime.
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13
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Batman #2

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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin
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1
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Joker Meets Catwoman

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]
Joker and Catwoman both attempt to steal the Pharaoh's gems.
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13
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Wolf, the Crime Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Adam Lamb [The Crimemaster]; Cyrus Craig
A new master of evil rises to pluck the fruits of crime, only to be stopped by Batman and Robin.
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The Case of the Clubfoot Murderers

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superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon
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13
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The Case of the Missing Link

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Miscellaneous
13
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Batman #3

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superhero
Batman; Robin
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1
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The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master

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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Puppet Master [Dmitri]; Dr. Craig
Batman and Robin versus the Puppet Master.
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Miscellaneous
13
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The Ugliest Man in the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Carlson; Detective McGonigle; Larry Larrimore
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13
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The Crime School for Boys

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Big Boy Daniels; Pockets
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13
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The Batman vs. the Cat-Woman

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Commissioner James Gordon; Detective McGonigle
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13
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The Batman Says:

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
opinion, superhero
Batman; Robin
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1
This is a one-page illustrated text feature in which Batman and Robin give the readers a law-and-order message.
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Batman #4

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superhero
Batman; Robin
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1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin; Joker
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1
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The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker; The Crime Circus
Batman and Robin take on the Joker and his Crime Circus.
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Miscellaneous
13
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Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blackbeard [Thatch]
Batman and Robin go against pirates.
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13
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Public Enemy No. 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy "Red" McCoy; "Big" Costello
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13
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Victory for the Dynamic Duo

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Stockton
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Miscellaneous
13
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
biography
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Miscellaneous
1
Creator biographies. Biographical material researched and written by Joe Desris.
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Cover reprints

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin
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Four cover reproductions on the back cover.

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