(1997 [January 1998])
DC,
1997 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 24.95 USD; 34.95 CAD
- Pages
- 136
- On-sale Date
- 1997-11-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]; Elseworlds
- ISBN
-
1-56389-384-3
- Barcode
- 761941211732 00111
- Editing
- Jordan B. Gorfinkel (credited) (editor); Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (group editor)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publishing Format
- Graphic Novel
Issue Notes
Hardcover without the dust jacket is the bat logo from the title dress stamped in metallic blue foil on a matte black background.
Dark Knight Dynasty
Batman / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Gerald Brom (credited as Brom) (painting)
- Inks
- Gerald Brom (credited as Brom) (painting)
- Colors
- Gerald Brom (credited as Brom) (painting)
- Letters
- Nancy Ogami (logo design, see notes)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joshua of Wainwright; Batwoman [Brenna Wayne]; Vandal Savage; Scarecrone [Jenna Clark]
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Cover logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #13: BATMAN, DARK KNIGHT DYNASTY, on 30 March 2021.
Dark Past
Batman / comic story / 38 pages
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (credited)
- Pencils
- Scott Hampton (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Scott Hampton (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Scott Hampton (credited) (painting)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- London, England; A.D. 1222.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joshua of Wainwright; Salomina; Vandal Savage
- Synopsis
- A knight on Crusade encounters a mysterious castle owned by Vandal Savage.
- Reprints
in Dark Present
Batman / comic story / 38 pages
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (credited)
- Pencils
- Gary Frank (credited)
- Inks
- Cam Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Ian Hannin (credited) (colors and separations); Alex Bleyaert (credited) (colors and separations); Robert Ro (credited) (colors and separations)
- Letters
- Ken Lopez (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On occasions like these it's a family tradition to toast the memory of a favorite Wayne ancestor.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Bruce Wayne; Vandal Savage; Alfred; Scarecrone [Jenna Clark]; Commissioner James Gordon
- Synopsis
- Vandal Savage kills Bruce Wayne's family when they learn that he's trying to crash an asteroid into Earth. Batman stops him at the cost of his own life.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The character is called "Scarecrone" not "Scarecrow."
Dark Future
Batman / comic story / 40 pages
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (credited)
- Pencils
- Scott McDaniel (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
- Colors
- Matt Hollingsworth (credited); Jean Munroe (credited) (separations); James Rochelle (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A.D. 2500...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batwoman [Brenna Wayne]; Vandal Savage; Robin [Rodney]
- Synopsis
- Brenna Wayne learns about the meteor that caused Vandal Savage's immortality, and leaves Vandal on it when it makes it's appearance in the sky.
- Reprints
[Design Sketches]
Batman / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Scott McDaniel (credited)
- Inks
- Scott McDaniel (credited)
- Letters
- Scott McDaniel
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Character sketches.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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Dark Knight Dynasty
Batman -
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Dark Past
Batman -
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Dark Present
Batman -
3.
Dark Future
Batman -
4.
[Design Sketches]
Batman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- James Frail
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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