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DC Comics   ·   Released Apr 1st, 1984

Detective Comics #537

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At the GCPD Headquarters, Robin and Commissioner Gordon interrogate one of the crooks working for Doctor Fang, but the information provided is not enough to help them locate the criminal. Even Harvey Bullock's investigation about Fang's hideout turns up to be a dead end.  Meanwhile, Batman patrols the streets, looking for any clue that might lead them to Fang, but instead, he comes across an under dweller, who is seeking help. The man takes Batman to the sewers, where he has been living for quite a while. After helping the man get rid of a human corpse, Batman learns the background of this person and he decides to help him go to the outside world. Before leaving, the man shows Batman a small replica of his hometown in Mexico, which he has built in the sewers and shortly afterwards, Batman and the man work together to capture a group of hoods, responsible for the dead body found earlier.  Having helped a man in need, Batman returns home with Robin, where Alfred has been trying to tell his daughter, Julia, that he is more than satisfied with his life and he has also been trying to prevent her from finding the secret of Batman.

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Oliver Queen, finding that hirelings of the landlord who owns his building are moving his furniture out, stops them and learns from Madame Estelle, another resident, that the landlord is trying to get everyone to leave. Ollie leads the other residents in a strike against the landlord. Secretly, though, the landlord is a one-time hitman who seeks to kill Sammy, one of the building's residents, who witnessed him killing his parents years ago. Green Arrow tricks the landlord into firing a gun into a dummy, then nabs him and tells him that Sammy was institutionalized and had his memories of his mother and the killing destroyed by shock therapy.

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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
Shawn McManus
Artist
Shawn McManus
Bob Smith
Artist
Bob Smith
Gene Colan
Penciller, Cover Artist
Gene Colan
Adrienne Roy
Colorist
Adrienne Roy
Colorist
Jeanine Casey
Ben Oda
Letterer
Ben Oda
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
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

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  • 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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