Batman #692 [Direct Sales]

(Late December 2009)

Life After Death Part 1: The Awakening (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Tony S. Daniel (credited)

Pencils

Tony S. Daniel (credited)

Inks

Sandu Florea (credited)

Colors

Ian Hannin (credited)

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Dick Grayson]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Gruener; Black Mask (villain); Dr. Death [Dr. Karl Hellfern] (villain); False Faces (villains); Fright [Linda Friitawa] (villain); Kitrina (villain); Professor Hugo Strange (villain); Mario Falcone (villain); Holiday [Alberto Falcone] (cameo; flashback; villain); Sofia Gigante (cameo; flashback; villain)

Synopsis

Black Mask recruits Dr. Death, Fright and Hugo Strange for his Ministry of Science.

Reprints

• in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2007 series) #45 (Oktober 2010)
• in Batman (Panini Brasil, 2002 series) #97 (dezembro 2010)
• in Batman: Life After Death (DC, 2010 series) ([December] 2010)
• in Batman: Life after Death (DC, 2011 series) (2010 [December 2011])

DC Nation [189]: "As it is my turn, honor and duty to deliver a memorable DC Nation" (Table of Contents: 2)

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Simona Martore ? (credited as Simona)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Starman

Indexer Notes

The author discusses projects for Starman and Catwoman, using French and Italian. Appears on page 34 in this issue. Here are the official translations, from DC's The Source blog (http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2009/10/30/dc-nation-international-martores-m…):
TRANSLATION: Do you have a multilingual dictionary with you? Very good! Let's begin, then. I will start writing in French, which is the most beautiful language in the world. What I'd like to do is to tell you something about a night, the darkest of them all, when some black rings caused hell in the heroes' world. Once upon a time, there was a superhero named Starman. After his death, he came back several times under different names. I am very happy to announce that one of his incarnations is coming back, but this time, he will do something strange and terrifying! Our superhero will behave in a peculiar manner and will have an interesting encounter with an old, Irish friend and another character who’s very dark in his own way. This new Starman episode will be written by the magic hand of James Robinson.
TRANSLATION: And what about Italian? Do you speak it better than I do? Perhaps. However, as it's my mother tongue, I feel obliged to honor the country of spaghetti and Roman emperors and to annoy you even further by writing something in a language that probably sounds like Latin gibberish to many [of] you. Let's start then. Speaking of blackest nights again…I am always very excited at the idea of reading a story that has a solid and original plot, and I think that this time I am dealing with something like that. In fact, a new adventure featuring Catwoman, associated somehow to a "dark night" and written by Fabian Nicieza, is going to be presented to you very soon. This time, our favorite feline will have to face an old enemy who is known for his passion for artifacts generally used ornamentally.