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Issue: Showcase Presents: Batman #5
Publication Date: February 2011
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 12/14/2011
Volume: 5
Pages: 516
ISBN: 9781401232368
UPC/EAN: 978140123236851999
Price: $22.99 CAD
$19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 65 (32 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Originally published in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #216-228 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #391-407.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: 6.75" x 10.25"
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]
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[untitled]

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Showcase Presents Batman Volume 5

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Table of Contents

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Detective Comics #391

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ginny Jenkins; Robin [Dick Grayson] (vignette)
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The Gal Most Likely to Be -- Batman's Widow!

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Detective Comics #392

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I Died... a Thousand Deaths!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Angles Moore; Scap Scarpel
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Batman #216

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Daphne Pennyworth
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Angel -- Or Devil?

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Daphne Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wilfred Pennyworth
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Detective Comics #393

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The Combo Caper!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Skeet Callum; Deena Winslow; Aristide Naxos
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Batman #217

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth
First Line: Take a last look, Alfred-- then seal up the Batcave... forever!
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One Bullet Too Many!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Dr. Susan Fielding; Dr. Jonah Fielding; "Hop" Miller; "Stub" Sartel; Chance Collins; Marla Manning (mention only)
First Line: A desperately lonely day in the life of Bruce Wayne, guardian and friend to young Dick Grayson...
Synopsis: Breakup of Batman & Robin team. Dick Grayson goes to college. Bruce and Alfred move from Wayne Manor to the Wayne Foundation.
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Detective Comics #394

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A Victim's Victim!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Dakota Jones; "Chance" Collins
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Batman #218

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Detective Comics #395

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Genres: horror, superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Delores Muerto; falcon; wolves; Robin [Dick Grayson] (vignette)
First Line: I offer you immortality -- or instant death! Choose, Batman -- Now!
Synopsis: Delores Muerto, accompanied by her deadly falcon and ferocious wolves, has Batman trapped in the basement of an ancient Mexican monastery.
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The Secret of the Waiting Graves

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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.
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"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.
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Batman #219

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Death Casts the Deciding Vote

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Senator Lincoln Webster; NY Governor Putnam; Alfred Pennyworth; Miss Hopkins
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The Silent Night of the Batman

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Detective Comics #396

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The Brain-Pickers!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Rory Bell; Nan Owens
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Batman #220

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This Murder Has Been ... Pre-Recorded!

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Character(s): Marla Manning (introduction); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Tom Sloane
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Detective Comics #397

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Paint a Picture of Peril!

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Detective Comics #398

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The Poison-Pen Puzzle!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Maxine Melanie; Loren Melburn; Dorian Spence; Rod Drake
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Batman #221

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A Bat-Death for Batman!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Willi Von Ritter; Ilga Von Ritter; Otto Kramm
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Hot Time in Gotham Town Tonight!

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Detective Comics #399

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Death Comes to a Small Locked Room!

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Batman #222

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Beatles (look-a-likes)
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Dead ... Till Proven Alive!

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Character(s): Beatles (take-off); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Saul Cartwright
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Case of No Consequence!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bleeker Bill
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Detective #400

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Challenge of the Man-Bat

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Character(s): Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (origin; introduction); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; the Blackout Gang
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Batman #223

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Detective Comics #401

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Target for Tonight!

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Batman #224

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Moloch
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Carnival of the Cursed

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Moloch; Charles "Blind Buddy" Holden; Maxwell Dill; "Heavyfoot" Harry Harnet
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Detective Comics #402

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Man or Bat?

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Character(s): Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Francine Lee
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Batman #225

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Wanted for Murder-One, the Batman

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Arthur Reeves (introduction?); Jonah Jory; "Squeaky" Piper; Sy Semple; Anderson P. Forsythe
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Detective Comics #403

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You Die By Mourning!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Laird Randall; Angie Randall; Van Paxton
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Detective Comics #404

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Enemy Ace; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (vignette)
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Ghost of the Killer Skies!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Heinrich Franz; Enemy Ace
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Batman #226

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; "Ten-Eye" Reardon
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The Man with Ten Eyes!

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Character(s): Ten-Eyed Man ["Ten-Eye" Reardon] (Introduction; villain); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Dr. Engstrom
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Detective Comics #405

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The First of the Assassins!

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Character(s): League of Assassins (introduction; villain); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; K. C. Agonistes; Bettina Smythe; Tejja; Dr. Darrk (mentioned)
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Batman #227

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The Demon of Gothos Mansion!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred; Daphne Pennyworth (Alfred's niece)
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Detective Comics #406

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Your Servant of Death -- Dr. Darrk!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dr. Darrk (introduction; villain), The League of Assassins; Count Orsini; Mara Thursday
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Detective Comics #407

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Marriage: Impossible

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Showcase Presents

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Batman Volume 3

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