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Issue: The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul #2

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Publication Date: February 1988

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Detail

Issues: #2 of 4 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 10/13/1987

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.50 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #45, confirmed from copyright registration.

No editor for this reprint collection is credited in the indicia. The original editors are credited for the individual reprinted stories, but not for the issue overall.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; baxter interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: 4-issue miniseries

Format Notes:

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

Reprinted From3

3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times from Content Items in other Issues.

Images2

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Original Artwork

Digital Edition

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Title Page

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Content Items (9 total)

The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul

Illustration on Cover, Wraparound

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul; Striss (dead body); League of Assassins

Synopsis: Talia stands over the dead body of Striss, as Batman looms large behind her with Ra's Al Ghul looking on.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Batman #19 published March 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Wrap-around cover.

Deluxe Feb Checklist

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Checklist of DC deluxe titles for February 1988.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.33

Notes: Black and white on inside front cover. Leftmost third of page. Shares space with Dick Giordano's "Meanwhile..." column.

Meanwhile...

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: "To be or not ro be... that is the Question."

Synopsis: Dick Giordano tells of his days at Charlton Comics and of the Charlton character The Question, followed by a plug for the current DC series The Question by Denny O'Neil (who worked with Giordano at Charlton) and Denys Cowan.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.66

Notes: Black and white on inside front cover. Rightmost two-thirds of page. Shares space with the DC February Deluxe Checklist.

Swamp Sinister

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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)

First Line: Evening at the lavish penthouse of millionaire Bruce Wayne...

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.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Batman #235 published September 1971
was Swamp Sinister [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

Notes: Julius Schwartz is not credited within the pages of the story itself.

Vengeance for a Dead Man!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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

First Line: In this place, there is a special silence...

Synopsis: Batman and Talia track down the killer of Mason Sterling and Batman discovers who removed Sterling's brain.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Batman #240 published March 1972
was Vengeance for a Dead Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

The Secret of the Waiting Graves

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Juan Muerto; Dolores Muerto; Pedro Valdes; Manuel

First Line: A bleak hillside on central Mexico... a pair of open graves... and the shadow of the dread... Batman

Synopsis: Bruce Wayne is invited to a grand fiesta by Mexican socialites Juan and Dolores Muerto. As Batman, he thwarts the assassination of one of the guests and finds that the Muertos have discovered the secret of immortality.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Detective Comics #395 published January 1970
was The Secret of the Waiting Graves [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 15.17

Job Number: S-250

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Page 10 is a 2/3-page and page 16 is a 1/2-page.

First line is completed by the feature logo illustration.

For this reprint, in order to associate the story with Ra's Al Ghul, the following line has been added above page one, panel one: "As this added eerie story shows, Ra's Al Ghul wasn't the only villain to face the Batman who seemingly defied death..."

"Muerto", fittingly, is the Spanish word for "dead" or "deceased person".

Described as "Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams' First Tale of the Dark Knight" on the cover of Millennium Edition: Detective Comics No. 395 (DC, 2000 Series) June 2000.

He Can't Rest Until He Finds the Answers...

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery, superhero

Feature(s): DC Comics; The Question

Character(s): The Question [Vic Sage]

First Line: Until he knows what he must become.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.34

Notes: DC Comics house ad for The Question. "By Denny O'Neil, Denys Cowan & Rick Magyar Suggested for Mature Readers" Lower third of page 10 of previous story.

A Caped Crusader Staks the Shadows of the Night in Pursuit of Justice... Let the Criminals Beware!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): DC Comics; Batman; Detective Comics

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]

First Line: Follow his adventures monthly in Batman the New Adventures and Detective Comics

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: DC Comics house ad for Batman and Detective Comics. Lower half of page 16 of previous story.

Illustration of Batman appears to be repurposed art by Adams and Giordano.

2 Free Months of DC Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): DC Comics

First Line: Subscribe now and you'll get 14 months of your favorite DC titles(s) for the price of 12 months.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Ad offering two additional months of various DC titles (at three different price points) with each 12-issue subscription. Black and white ad on inside back cover.