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Issue: The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul #4
Publication Date: April 1988
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Issues: #4 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/08/1987
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #47, 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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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:  
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reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
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The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul
First Line: Ra's!
Synopsis: A bloodied but defiant Batman pursues Ra's Al Ghul "past [Batman's] dying", leaving an incredulous Ra's to exclaim "Are you man or fiend from Hell?"
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #21 published May 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 published March 2006
as The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] published August 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #4 published February 2010
as The Saga of Ra's al Ghul [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover.
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Deluxe Apr Checklist

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Checklist of DC deluxe titles for April 1988.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover. Leftmost third of page. Shares space with Dick Giordano's "Meanwhile..." column.
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Meanwhile...

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dick Giordano discusses characters with instant name recognition... and plugs a few new titles at the same time.
First Line: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman. I could probably go right downstairs, right out front of 666 5th Avenue...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover. Rightmost two-thirds of page. Shares space with the DC April Deluxe Checklist.
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The Demon Lives Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul; Molly Post; Lo Ling; Dr. Harris Blaine
First Line: Herewith... another incredible chapter in the life of the world's greatest crime fighter... Batman
Synopsis: Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to the desert and is forced to fight him in a duel.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #244 published September 1972
was The Demon Lives Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.5
Disclose Notes: Recolored from original.

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

Colorists are credited outside the panel borders, at the far upper right of the first page.

First line is completed by the feature logo illustration, which is an image of the name "Batman" carved out of the ice and snow of a mountain in the Swiss Alps.
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Rooftop Vigilance

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis: On a moonlit night, The Batman stands atop the roofs of Gotham. "The Batman" is spelled out by the scape of tall, but narrow, buildings in Will Eisner-esque style.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Lower half of page.
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The Bruce Wayne Murder Case!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Jeffers Harvey; Osgood Peabody; Bilker
First Line: From the darkness of the city's secret heart comes The... Batman
Synopsis: Batman stops a crooked political group for framing another political group for the murder of Bruce Wayne.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #245 published October 1972
was The Bruce Wayne Murder Case! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.5
Disclose Notes: Recolored from original.

First line is completed by the feature logo illustration.

Colorist is credited outside the panel borders, at the far lower left of the first page.
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Swinging Above a Stylized Bat

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis: Batman swings off a high building. Below, the stylized image of a bat defines the lower panel border as well as half of each side's borders.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Lower half of page.
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A Vow from the Grave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Kano Wiggins; Charley Bones; Flippy; Maud; Goliath
First Line: Hear the wind screeching through the canyons...
Synopsis: Batman captures Kano Wiggins and also helps solve the murder of a circus side-show performer.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #410 published April 1971
was A Vow from the Grave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: This story was adapted for Batman the Animated Series as "Sideshow".

This reprint is introduced at the top of page one with the following text: "Finally, for your enjoyment, we'd like to represent one of Batman's stranger cases..."

Recolored from the original.

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

Colorist is credited outside the panel borders, at the far lower left of the first page.
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Neal Adams Cover Gallery: Batman #232 Daughter of the Demon!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ra's Al Ghul (1st appearance, villain)
First Line: When I decide Robin must die -- he dies!
Synopsis: Ra's Al Ghul looms large over a scene of Robin being shot before a horrified Batman can react.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #232 published June 1971
was Daughter of the Demon! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Recolored from original printing.

This reprint is introduced at the top of the page with a banner saying "Cover Gallery", and the following text: "Representing the original cover to 'Daughter of the Demon' (marking the first appearance of Ra's Al Ghul) from Batman #232..." [This intro text continues at the top of the following Cover Gallery page.]
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Neal Adams Cover Gallery: Batman #244 "The Demon Lives Again!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul
Synopsis: Batman is left for dead in the desert by Ra's Al Ghul.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #244 published September 1972
was The Demon Lives Again [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The original issue number, "No. 244", is explicitly and awkwardly blacked-out with a blank-ink bar on this cover reproduction, yet the month [SEPT.] and a code "30430" remain.

This cover reprint is introduced at the top of the page with the following text: [Continued from the previous page's intro] "...and the original cover to 'The Demon Lives Again!' (which leads off this issue)"
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Two 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.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering two additional months of various DC titles (at four different price points) with each 12-issue subscription. Black and white ad on inside back cover.

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