Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins 2005

(July 2005)

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Strangers in Paradise (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Mask / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Bruce Jones (credited)

Pencils

Eddy Barrows (credited)

Inks

Jay Leisten (credited)

Colors

Lee Loughridge (credited)

Letters

Nick Napolitano (credited as Nick J. Napolitano)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not the greatest day to start your day...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Nightwing [Dick Grayson] (flashback); Ezra Brownian; Red Hood [Jason Todd] (villain, flashback); David Sutabi (villain); Black Mask [Roman Sionis] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain, flashback); Hush (villain, flashback); Tarantula [Catalina Flores] (villain, flashback); Prometheus (villain, flashback); Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries] (villain, flashback); Amazo (villain)

Synopsis

Black Mask reflects on his competition and what they've been up to lately.

Reprints

• in Batman: War Crimes (DC, 2006 series) ([April] 2006)
• in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2004 series) #17 (Juni 2006)
• in Batman: War Games (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([July] 2016)

Keywords

Gotham City; Gotham Gazette

Black Mask (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Mask / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

Al Barrionuevo (credited) (signed as barrionuevo)

Inks

BIT (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Mask [Roman Sionis]

Reprints

• in Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey (DC, 2020 series) (2019 [February 2020])
• in Batman Arkham: Black Mask (DC, 2020 series) ([March] 2020)

Killer Croc (Table of Contents: 4)

Killer Croc / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

Ramón F. Bachs (credited as Ramón Bachs) (signed as RF Bachs [stacked])

Inks

Ramón F. Bachs (credited as Ramón Bachs) (signed as RF Bachs [stacked])

Colors

Jason Wright (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Batman (only hand)

Reprints

• in Batman Arkham: Killer Croc (DC, 2016 series) ([August] 2016)

Penguin (Table of Contents: 5)

Penguin / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

Cliff Chiang (credited) (signed as CLIFF CHIANG [between box])

Inks

Cliff Chiang (credited) (signed as CLIFF CHIANG [between box])

Colors

Cliff Chiang (credited) (signed as CLIFF CHIANG [between box])

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]

If a Man Be Clay! (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman; Clayface / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Purcell (credited)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (credited)

Inks

Kevin Nowlan (credited)

Colors

Matt Hollingsworth (credited)

Letters

John Workman (credited)

Editing

Mark Waid (credited) (editor); Bob Schreck (credited) (editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I need loot, man, plenty of it.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; H. Bennington Screemore; Clayface [Matt Hagen] (villain)

Synopsis

The origin of Clayface.

Reprints

• in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2004 series) #24 (Januar 2007)
• in Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (DC, 2013 series) ([November] 2013)
• in The DC Universe by Mike Mignola (DC, 2017 series) ([July] 2017)
• in Batman Arkham: Clayface (DC, 2017 series) ([October] 2017)
• in The DC Universe by Mike Mignola (DC, 2018 series) ([September] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Per Bob Schreck commentary in the Contents page, this is a story that Mark Waid, as an editor, had commissioned years ago for Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series). This story mysteriously vanished, but after some pressure from Mike Mignola and a few phone calls, Bob Schreck was able to track it down.

Hush (Table of Contents: 7)

Hush / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

Al Barrionuevo (credited, signed)

Inks

BIT (credited) (signed as BIT)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hush [Tommy Elliot]

Red Hood (Table of Contents: 8)

Red Hood / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

Brad Walker (credited, signed)

Inks

Jimmy Palmiotti (credited, signed)

Colors

Lee Loughridge (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Red Hood [Jason Todd; also as Robin]; Batman [also as Bruce Wayne]; Joker

Mr. Freeze (Table of Contents: 9)

Mr. Freeze / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

David López (credited)

Inks

David López (credited)

Colors

Giulia Brusco (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries]

Man-Bat (Table of Contents: 10)

Man-Bat / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

Mike Huddleston (credited)

Inks

Mike Huddleston (credited)

Colors

Lee Loughridge (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]

Reprints

• in Batman: Tales of the Man-Bat (DC, 2018 series) ([May] 2018)

Daughters of the Demon (Table of Contents: 11)

Talia / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

Marcos Martín (credited)

Inks

Marcos Martín (credited)

Colors

Marcos Martín (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ra's al Ghul; Talia Head; Nyssa Raatko

Reprints

• in Batman Arkham: Talia al Ghul (DC, 2021 series) ([June] 2021)

Scarecrow (Table of Contents: 12)

Scarecrow / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited as Anderson Gabrych)

Pencils

Sean Murphy (credited) (signed as SEAN MURPH)

Inks

Sean Murphy (credited) (signed as SEAN MURPH)

Colors

Lee Loughridge (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]