([March] 2006)

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Volume
3
Price
49.99 USD; 69.99 CAD
Pages
288
On-sale Date
2006-01-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
1-4012-0407-4 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941238050 00111
Editing
Robert Greenberger (collection editor); Dale Crain (collection editor); Julius Schwartz (original editor)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Includes several illustrations.

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Includes several illustrations.

[Batman #232] (Table of Contents: 4)

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Daughter of the Demon (Table of Contents: 5)

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[Detective Comics #412] (Table of Contents: 6)

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[Detective Comics #413] (Table of Contents: 7)

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Half an Evil (Table of Contents: 9)

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[Detective Comics #414] (Table of Contents: 10)

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[Detective Comics #415] (Table of Contents: 12)

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[Detective Comics #416] (Table of Contents: 13)

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[Batman #237] (Table of Contents: 16)

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[The Brave and the Bold #99] (Table of Contents: 19)

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[Batman #241] (Table of Contents: 27)

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[World's Finest Comics #211] (Table of Contents: 28)

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[Batman #244] (Table of Contents: 31)

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[Batman #246] (Table of Contents: 35)

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[Batman #251] (Table of Contents: 36)

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[Detective Comics #439] (Table of Contents: 38)

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[Batman #255] (Table of Contents: 39)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. Table of Contents
  3. 2. Neal Adams Foreword
  4. 3. Introduction Denny O'Neil
  5. 4. [Batman #232]
    Batman
  6. 5. Daughter of the Demon
    Batman
  7. 6. [Detective Comics #412]
    Batman
  8. 7. [Detective Comics #413]
    Batman
  9. 8. [Batman #234]
    Batman
  10. 9. Half an Evil
    Batman
  11. 10. [Detective Comics #414]
    Batman
  12. 11. [Batman #235]
    Batman
  13. 12. [Detective Comics #415]
    Batman
  14. 13. [Detective Comics #416]
    Batman
  15. 14. [Batman #236]
    Batman
  16. 15. [Detective Comics #417]
    Batman
  17. 16. [Batman #237]
    Batman
  18. 17. Night of the Reaper!
    Batman
  19. 18. [Detective Comics #418]
    Batman
  20. 19. [The Brave and the Bold #99]
    Batman
  21. 20. [Batman #238]
    Batman
  22. 21. [Detective Comics #419]
    Batman
  23. 22. [Batman #239]
    Batman
  24. 23. [Detective Comics #420]
    Batman
  25. 24. [Batman #240]
    Batman
  26. 25. [Detective Comics #421]
    Batman
  27. 26. [Detective Comics #422]
    Batman
  28. 27. [Batman #241]
    Batman
  29. 28. [World's Finest Comics #211]
    Batman; Superman
  30. 29. [Batman #243]
    Batman
  31. 30. The Lazarus Pit!
    Batman
  32. 31. [Batman #244]
    Batman
  33. 32. The Demon Lives Again!
    Batman
  34. 33. [Batman #245]
    Batman
  35. 34. The Bruce Wayne Murder Case!
    Batman
  36. 35. [Batman #246]
    Batman
  37. 36. [Batman #251]
    Batman
  38. 37. The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!
    Batman
  39. 38. [Detective Comics #439]
    Batman
  40. 39. [Batman #255]
    Batman
  41. 40. Moon of the Wolf
    Batman
  42. 41. [Limited Collector's Edition C25]
    Batman
  43. 42. [Batman: "Stacked Cards" [Book and Record Set] #PR27]
    Batman
  44. 43. Trumping the Joker
    Batman
  45. 44. [Batman: Robin Meets Man-Bat! [Book and Record Set] #PR30]
    Batman
  46. 45. Robin Meets Man-Bat
    Batman
  47. 46. [Power Records House Ad]
  48. 47. [World's Finest Comics #244]
    Batman; Superman
  49. 48. [World's Finest Comics #245]
    Batman; Superman
  50. 49. [World's Finest Comics #246]
    Batman; Superman
  51. 50. [Limited Collectors' Edition #C-51]
    Batman
  52. 51. [Limited Collectors' Edition #C-59]
    Batman
  53. 52. [World's Finest Comics #258]
    Batman; Superman
  54. 53. [Heroes Against Hunger #1]
    Batman; Superman
  55. 54. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  56. 55. [The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul #4]
    Batman
  57. 56. [Batman Annual #14]
    Batman
  58. 57. [no title indexed]
    Robin
  59. 58. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  60. 59. Sketches
  61. 60. Biographies; Neal Adams; Dick Giordano; Dennis O'Neil; Len Wein
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