Legends of the Dark Knight
#1
[direct]
(November 1989)
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD
- Pages:
- 40
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Andrew Helfer; Kevin Dooley (assistant editor)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age US
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Shaman Part One of Five
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Ed Hannigan; George Pratt (painting) (signed)
- Inks:
- George Pratt (painting) (signed)
- Colors:
- George Pratt (painting) (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Reprints:
-
in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #100 (November 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
This issue alone had a double cover (8 pages). The outer front cover came in four colors. The data on this line refers to the inner front cover, which is more in line with subsequent front covers. Dean Motter did the cover design and logo for this first arc.
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[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Andrew Helfer ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
The writer explains the logic behind the double cover and importance of the debut of a new Batman solo book, the first since 1940. This appears on the inside front (outer) cover.
Shaman Book One
Batman / comic story / 26 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Dennis O'Neil
- Pencils:
- Ed Hannigan
- Inks:
- John Beatty
- Colors:
- Richmond Lewis
- Letters:
- John Costanza
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Woodley (villain; introduction); Tribal Shaman; Shaman's daughter
- Synopsis:
- Bruce Wayne (pre-Batman) studies with a bounty hunter tracking a criminal in Alaska. He is saved by a Shaman who tells him a story about a bat and a raven, while wearing a ceremonial bat-mask.
- Reprints:
-
in Batman (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1989 series) #[6] - Der Schamane (Juni 1991) - in Batman: Shaman (DC, 1993 series) #[nn] (1993)
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Indexer Notes
The Batman Year One story is expanded a bit in this storyline.
[Shocker poster]
Shocker / insert or dust jacket / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
This is a poster for the movie Shocker from Wes Craven.
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Batman silhouette on back of outer cover.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Shaman Part One of Five
Batman -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Shaman Book One
Batman -
3.
[Shocker poster]
Shocker -
4.
[no title indexed]
Batman
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- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Pat Lang
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