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Issue: Shadow of the Batman #2
Publication Date: January 1986
 
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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: 09/17/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #20.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy covers; Baxter paper interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Two Classic Stories

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hugo Strange (background)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Detective Comics #471

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Cover Gallery
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hugo Strange
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #471 published August 1977
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Sequence on inside front cover page.
The Dead Yet Live

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Phosphorus (flashbck, cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Hugo Strange [also as Dr. Todhunter]; Magda
Bruce Wayne checks into the private hospital Graytowers to recover from injuries he sustained fighting Dr. Phosphorus, but he soon discovers that Hugo Strange is using the facility to turn the rich and influential patients into his mindless slaves. When Strange sics a venomous snake on Batman, which knocks the hero out, Strange uncovers Batman's secret identity.
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #471 published August 1977
was The Dead Yet Live [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
 
Miscellaneous
17
I Am the Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hugo Strange [also as Bruce Wayne; also as Batman]; Magda; Alfred Pennyworth; Silver St. Cloud; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rupert Thorne; Penguin (cameo); Joker (cameo)
Hugo Strange, who has taken over Bruce Wayne's life, offers to sell the Batman's secret identity to the highest bidder. But Boss Thorne doesn't want to play that game, and tries to beat the information out of Strange. Meanwhile, Silver, who suspects something is wrong with "Bruce," summons Dick Grayson, who rescues Batman from Strange's captivity as Robin.
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #472 published September 1977
was I Am the Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
 
Miscellaneous
17
A Canterbury Tail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction, war
John B. Temple-Smythe; MacDoogle
Reprinting
FlagWeird War Tales #51 published March 1977
was A Canterbury Tail [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
 
Miscellaneous
6
Set sometime in the future in Canterbury, a new city 80 kilometers southeast of ancient London, as well as in Glasgow.
Detective Comics #472

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Cover Gallery
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #472 published September 1977
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Sequence on inside back cover page.

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