Batman #590

(June 2001)

Close Before Striking: Act Three (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian K. Vaughan

Pencils:

Scott McDaniel

Inks:

Karl Story

Colors:

Roberta Tewes; Wildstorm F/X (separations)

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Ventriloquist; Scarface

Synopsis:

Batman tracks the Ventriloquist, intent on killing him. As the physical conflict goes on, he fights an inner battle between his persona and "Matches". In the end he is able to shrug off the "Matches" persona and just take Ventriloquist into custody.

Reprints:

• in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2001 series) #16 ([August] 2002)
• in Batman: False Faces (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([February] 2008)
• in Batman: False Faces (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([February] 2009)

Bat Signals (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Wright

Letters:

typeset

[various] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

[inside front] Starburst; [5] Tang; [6] In house -- Legion Worlds; [9] Tobacco Is Whacko (PSA); [13] Pokemon Stadium; [17] Right Guard Xtreme Sport; [21] In house -- DC Direct Poison Ivy Statue; [22] In house -- Green Lantern: Dragon Lord; [27] In house -- DC Direct Agents of Planetary figures; [28] In house -- DC Direct Green Lantern Hal Jordan Power Ring prop; [inside back] Corn Nuts; [back] got milk