Batman Begins: The Movie & Other Tales of the Dark Knight

([August] 2005)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Batman Begins: The Movie and Other Tales of the Dark Knight (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

? (photograph)

Colors

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Title page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Publication data page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Batman Begins: The Movie (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Movie poster used as chapter title page.

Batman Begins (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Beatty (credited)

Pencils

Kilian Plunkett (credited)

Inks

Serge LaPointe (credited)

Colors

José Villarrubia (credited)

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Henri Ducard; Ra's Al Ghul; Alfred Pennyworth; Rachel Dawes; Joe Chill; Dr. Crane [Scarecrow]; Jim Gordon; Carmine Falcone; Flass; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Lucius Fox; Finch; Loeb; Judge Faden; Victor Zsaz

Synopsis

Having lost his parents at a young age, the now adult Bruce Wayne travels to the East where he trains with Henri Ducard. Though he learns Ducard's and Ra's al Ghul's methods, he rejects their goals, and returns to Gotham City to reclaim his inheritance. But to do so, he has to fight a corrupt Gotham City underworld, Arkham Asylum's insane Dr. Crane, and his former masters, Ducard and Ra's al Ghul.

Reprints

• from Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation (DC, 2005 series) ([August] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Story simultaneously published in Batman Begins Movie Adaptation (DC, 2005 series).

Other Tales of the Dark Knight (Table of Contents: 7)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (photographs)

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? (photographs)

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? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Section title page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Rubén Procopio (credited, signed)

Inks

Rubén Procopio (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

The Man Who Falls (Table of Contents: 9)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Giordano (credited)

Inks

Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

Tom McCraw (credited); Drew Moore (credited as Drew R. Moore) (color reconstruction)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Bruce Wayne [Batman]

Indexer Notes

Panel from the following story from Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes (DC, 1989 series) used as story title page.

The Man Who Falls (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited)

Pencils

Dick Giordano (credited)

Inks

Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

Tom McCraw (credited); Drew Moore (credited as Drew R. Moore) (color reconstruction)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Master Kirigi; Henri Ducard; Willie Doggett (cameo); Tom Woodley (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth

Synopsis

As Batman waits to fall upon his prey, the narrator relates how falling has been a theme throughout his early life, the death of his parents, his training, and his creation of the Batman.

Reprints

• from Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes (DC, 1990 series) ([March] 1990)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (painting)

Inks

Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (painting)

Colors

Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (painting)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Image from the VS. System trading card game from Upper Deck Entertainment.

Air Time (Table of Contents: 12)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave Johnson (credited, signed)

Inks

Dave Johnson (credited, signed)

Colors

Dave Johnson (credited, signed)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #757 [Direct Sales] (June 2001)

Indexer Notes

Title page for the following story.

Air Time (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Rucka (credited)

Pencils

Rick Burchett (credited)

Inks

Rodney Ramos (credited)

Colors

Wildstorm FX (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Synopsis

While Batman pursues the members of the Lucky Hand Triad, an innocent family caught up in the chase fights for its life trapped in a car underwater.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #757 (June 2001)

Indexer Notes

This story has a unique color scheme in that it is entirely done in shades of purple and green.

Reasons (Table of Contents: 14)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Scott McDaniel (credited)

Inks

Scott McDaniel (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #604 [Direct Sales] (August 2002)

Indexer Notes

Title page for the following story.

Reasons (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Brubaker (credited)

Pencils

Scott McDaniel (credited)

Inks

Andy Owens (credited)

Colors

Gregory Wright (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Punch; Tony Rulyanchik

Synopsis

As Batman chases Joker's old henchmen through the East End, he begins to wonder whether Bruce Wayne died with his parents long ago. But he comes to realize that even as the Batman he is still Bruce Wayne, the son of Martha and Thomas Wayne.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #604 (August 2002)

Urban Legend (Table of Contents: 16)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Phil Hale (credited) (painting)

Inks

Phil Hale (credited) (painting)

Colors

Phil Hale (credited) (painting)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #168 [Direct Sales] (August 2003)

Indexer Notes

Title page for the following story.

Urban Legend (Table of Contents: 17)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Willingham (credited)

Pencils

Tom Fowler (credited)

Inks

Tom Fowler (credited)

Colors

James Sinclair (credited)

Letters

Kurt Hathaway (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Kyle Nash

Synopsis

Batman, seemingly beaten and with no memory of how he got in this condition, tries to figure out what he needs to do to complete his mission and get home safe. But things are not always as they appear.

Reprints

• from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #168 (August 2003)

Indexer Notes

Colorist and letterer misidentified as inker and colorist in item.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)