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Issue: Batman Archives #4
Publication Date: January 1998
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Issues: #4 of 8 Issues (13 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Second Printing
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 4
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1563894149
UPC/EAN: 76194120108500412
Price: $82.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
37 (16 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Bob Kahan (editor - collected edition)
Disclose Notes: Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Jason Lyons.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy interiors
Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: BATMAN ARCHIVES VOL. 4 reprints some of the craziest and most entertaining adventures from the 1940s as Batman and Robin square off against such outrageous characters as the Joker and the Penguin.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman; Robin
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Pages: 2
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Penguin
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Introduction by Dick Sprang
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Cover - Detective Comics #87

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Pages: 1
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The Man of a Thousand Unbrellas

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain)
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Pages: 13
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Cover - Detective Comics #88

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Merchants of Misery

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; George Simpson
Synopsis: Batman and Robin stop some loan sharks.
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Pages: 13
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Cover - Detective Comics #89

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cavalier (villain)
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Laboratory Loot

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Helmar Helstrom; Cavalier [Mortimer Drake](villain; identity revealed)
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #90

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Crime Between the Acts

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Captain Ben (villain)
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Pages: 13
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Cover - Detective Comics #91

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
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The Case of the Practical Joker

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker (villain)
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Pages: 13
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Cover - Detective Comics #92

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Crime's Manhunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; VILLAINS: Brainy Bulow; Bobo Nelson; Twisty Herman; Sam Azarra
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Pages: 13
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Cover - Detective Comics #93

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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One Night of Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mary Dale; Victor Clement; Johnny Reid; Eddie Barton; VILLAINS: Tiger Ragland; Dutch; Frenchy
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Pages: 13
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Cover - Detective Comics #94

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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No One Must Know

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Barrow; Mary Watts; Judge Watts; George Barrow
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Pages: 13
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Cover - Detective Comics #95

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Blaze

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Blaze (villain; intro)
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Pages: 13
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Cover - Detective Comics #96

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Alfred, Private Detective

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle; J.C. Willis
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #97

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Secret of the Switch

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; VILLAINS: Oscar the Weasel; Benny the Gimp; Nick Petri; the Slasher
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #98

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The King of the Hoboes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Fred Frisco; Mr. Thurbridge
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #99

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin
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The Temporary Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain)
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #100

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Pages: 1
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The Crow's Nest Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Scofield; Mr. Digges (villain)
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #101

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle
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Pages: 1
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The Tyrannical Twins

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #102

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
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Pages: 1
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The House That Was Held for Ransom

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker (villain)
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Pages: 12
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Biographies

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Genres: biography, informational
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Biographies for Jack Burnley, Don Cameron, Whitney Ellsworth, Bill Finger, Pat Gordon, Joseph Greene, Edmond Hamilton, Bob Kane, Ed Kressy, Charles Paris, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Alvin Schwartz, Dick Sprang & Mort Weisinger.
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Cover Gallery

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin; Joker
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprints covers from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #87, #94, #99, and #102 in less than 1/4 page size on the back cover of the dust jacket.

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