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DC Comics   ·   Released May 1st, 1984

Detective Comics #538

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CLOTHES MAKE THE CAT(MAN)

Catman's cellmate, Collins, breaks out of jail according to the plan created by Batman and Commissioner Gordon. Collins was made believe that Catman succeeded in stealing a prized object from the Gotham Museum and defeated Batman thanks to his magic suit and in order to prevent Catman from taking the loot he has gathered over the years, Collins set out to stop his former cellmate.  When Collins arrives to Gotham, he steals Catman's costume to give him more "lives" to risk and he starts testing the costume at every possible chance. Batman has to save the fool several times from killing himself and the crook starts believing that the costume is indeed magical. Without any concern in the world, Collins goes to find his hidden loot in some caverns outside of Gotham and Batman follows closely.  Collins eventually makes it to the place where he hid his stolen loot, but he creates a cave-in, forcing Batman to save him once more. As the cave is totally changed, Collins goes to the nearest light source and much to his surprise, he finds himself inside the Batcave. Collins starts destroying the place, but Batman recovers shortly after and confronts the madman in the Batcave. Collins uses the Giant Penny against Batman, but the Dark knight in turn uses the T-Rex to stop the attack. When Collins is finally cornered, Batman beats him to a pulp and with the loot already retrieved, he and Robin deliver the criminal to the authotities.  When Bruce and Jason return home, they find a small trouble at Wayne Manor, where Vicki Vale has learned that Julia has been living there for quite a while and she doesn't like the news a little bit.

THREE YEARS AGO TODAY

Green Arrow is able to capture Jacaruso, a gun-runner, but is unable to prevent John Lennon from being killed just before they were to do an interview.

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Page Count
32 pages
Cover Price
$0.75
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Creators

Joey Cavalieri
Writer
Joey Cavalieri
Doug Moench
Writer
Doug Moench
Gene Colan
Penciller, Cover Artist
Gene Colan
Bob Smith
Inker
Bob Smith
Adrienne Roy
Colorist
Adrienne Roy
Ben Oda
Letterer
Ben Oda
Anthony Tollin
Cover Artist
Anthony Tollin
Dick Giordano
Cover Artist, Editor-in-Chief
Dick Giordano
Len Wein
Editor
Len Wein

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred Pennyworth
Earth-One
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Earth-One
Shiv Collins
Catman
Earth-One
Green Arrow
Oliver Queen
Green Arrow
Prime Earth
Harvey Bullock
Harvey Bullock
Prime Earth
James Gordon
James Gordon
Earth-One
Julia Remarque
Julia Pennyworth
Julia Remarque
Earth-One
Robin
Jason Todd
Robin
Earth-One
Thomas Blake
Thomas Blake
Prime Earth
Vicki Vale
Vicki Vale
Earth-One

Collected In

  • Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan Vol. 2 HC
    Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan Vol. 2 HC
    Tales of the Batman (2007 - 2020)

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