Batman: Tales of the Demon

(1991)

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Indexer Notes

Indicia and publisher information

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table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Introduction (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Sam Hamm

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The other day I was sitting around thinking, as I sometimes do, about a certain pointy-eared super-hero...

Indexer Notes

Introduction by Sam Hamm, dated Christmas 1990.

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Into the Den of the Death Dealers (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

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Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Characters

Talia (villain, introduction); Dr. Darrk (death); League of Assassins (introduction ?); Batman

Synopsis

Batman meets Talia, Ra's al Ghul's daughter.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #411 (May 1971)

Daughter of the Demon (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Neal Adams

Inks

Dick Giordano

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Letters

John Costanza

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Robin; Ra's Al Ghul (introduction); Talia; Alfred Pennyworth; Ubu

Synopsis

Ra's Al Ghul discovers Batman's secret identity.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #232 (June 1971)

Swamp Sinister (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Dick Giordano

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Letters

John Costanza

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's al Ghul (villain); Talia al Ghul (villain); Alfred Pennyworth; Solomon T. London; Striss (Ra's al Ghul's technician, death); Polard (Ra's al Ghul's technician, death)

Synopsis

Ra's Al Ghul forces Batman to track down Striss, who has stolen a secret formula from Ra's. Striss does not know the deadly secret of the chemical formula.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #235 (September 1971)

Vengeance for a Dead Man (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

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Letters

John Costanza

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mason Sterling (Death); Flinky Davenport; Dr. Moon; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Keener

Synopsis

Batman and Talia track down the killer of Mason Sterling and Batman discovers who removed Sterling's brain.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #240 (March 1972)

Bruce Wayne--Rest in Peace (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

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Letters

Ray Holloway ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ra's Al Ghul (Cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; James Gordon; Dr. Harris Blaine; Lo Ling

Synopsis

Batman begins his war against Ra's Al Ghul by faking Bruce Wayne's death and recruiting some allies.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #242 (June 1972)

The Lazarus Pit (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / comic story / 23.5 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Neal Adams

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

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Letters

Jean Izzo

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ra's Al Ghul; Talia; Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; Lo Ling; Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Matches Malone]; Dr. Harris Blaine; Ubu; Molly Post

Synopsis

Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to Switzerland, only to find he is dead.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #243 (August 1972)

The Demon Lives Again (Table of Contents: 12)

Batman / comic story / 15.5 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Neal Adams

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

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Letters

Jean Izzo

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia; Molly Post; Lo Ling; Dr. Harris Blaine

Synopsis

Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to the desert and is forced to fight him in a duel.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #244 (September 1972)

I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Michael Golden

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

Cory Adams

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A pale, swirling shroud covers the city and the silence seems to breathe!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Talia; Ra's Al Ghul; Lurk; Professor Vasco Marke-Witch; Snazzy Trope; DJ Barry Dark

Reprints

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #15 - Batman Spectacular (Summer 1978)

Keywords

Batcave; Gotham City

The Vengeance Vow (Table of Contents: 14)

Batman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Don Newton

Inks

Dan Adkins

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (death); League of Assassins (Villain); Ra's Al Ghul (Villain); Talia; Alfred Pennyworth; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Sensei

Synopsis

Receiving a warning that Kathy Kane, the former Batwoman, is in danger, Batman travels to Kathy's circus only to find her attacked by the League of Assassins. Kathy is killed in the attack. Ra's Al Ghul reveals that the Sensei is behind the attack, so Batman goes after him, but must face off against the formidable Bronze Tiger.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #485 (August-September 1979)

Indexer Notes

The Bronze Tiger is really Ben Turner, last seen in Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter (DC, 1975 series) #18.

Where Strike the Assassins (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Don Newton

Inks

Dan Adkins

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; League of Assassins; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Alfred Pennyworth; Sensei; Barton McManus

Synopsis

Batman searches for a geologist who has been kidnapped by Sensei and the League of Assassins.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #489 (April 1980)

Requiem for a Martyr (Table of Contents: 16)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Don Newton

Inks

Dan Adkins

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; League of Assassins; Lurk; Gotham City mayor; Commissioner James Gordon; Reverend Feeney (death); world religious leaders; Barton McManus; Sensei; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul

Synopsis

Batman must stop Sensei who plans to assassinate the world's religious leaders who have come to Gotham for a conference.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #490 (May 1980)

Indexer Notes

Batman gets justice for Kathy Kane who was killed by the League of Assassins on Sensei's orders in Detective Comics #485.

Afterword (Table of Contents: 17)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dennis O'Neil

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you're reading these words after you've finished the stories collected in this volume, you may have noticed some things.

Indexer Notes

Afterword by Dennis O'Neil, dated January 1991.

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Script

Sam Hamm

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Neal Adams

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Dick Giordano

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Ra's Al Ghul

Indexer Notes

Back cover with excerpt from Sam Hamm's introduction and an illustration from Batman #244.