- Pencils:
- Jesse Delperdang
- Inks:
- Ray McCarthy
- Letters:
- typeset
- Characters:
- Batman
Title, credits and indicia page with partial panel from story as background image.
- Script:
- Mark Nevins
- Pencils:
- Jesse Delperdang (pages 1-5, 16-18); Quique Alcatena (pages 6-15)
- Inks:
- Ray McCarthy (pages 1-5, 16-18); Quique Alcatena (pages 6-15)
- Colors:
- Lee Loughridge
- Letters:
- Ken Lopez
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Talon; Ra's al Ghul; Ubu; Blackheart (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- Batman reads a story about Ra's al Ghul, set in the 1560's.
This is not the same "Talon" from the 2012 series and Night of the Owls storyline.
- Script:
- Brian Augustyn
- Pencils:
- Dave De'Antiquis
- Inks:
- Dave De'Antiquis
- Colors:
- Kevin Somers
- Letters:
- John Costanza
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Bruce Wayne [disguised as Frank Dixon; Batman]; Dan Mallory
- Synopsis:
- A story set during Bruce Wayne's formative years. Bruce, disguised as Frank Dixon, gets some detective training from private eye Dan Mallory.
- Script:
- Dennis O'Neil
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- John Dell
- Colors:
- Kevin Somers
- Letters:
- John Costanza
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Robin [Tim Drake]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Benedict (flashback); Epsilah Clevenger (flashback); Hiram (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- Robin reads a journal that tells the true tale of how Gotham got its name and that it began as an insane asylum.
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Miscellaneous DC tidbits. DC checklist for comics dated October 1996.
- Script:
- Jordan B. Gorfinkel
- Letters:
- typeset
Rather than reader letters this issue Gorf gives some insight into the The Batman Chronicles series providing more information on the thought process behind how the stories get picked.