([November] 2004)
DC,
2004 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 17.95 USD; 27.95 CAD
- Pages
- 260
- On-sale Date
- 2004-09-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- ISBN
-
1-4012-0341-8
- Barcode
- 761941244242 00111
- Editing
- Bob Schreck (editor - original series); Michael Wright (editor - original series); Matt Idelson (editor - original series); Nachie Castro (assistant editor - original series); Robert Greenberger (senior editor - collected edition)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Binding
- squarebound; trade paperback
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
Indexed from a first printing.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in Robin: Unmasked! (DC, 2004 series) ([October] 2004)
- in Batman: War Games (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([July] 2016)
-
Scarification
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Debra Ann Farrow; Betty Lisecki; Derek; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Stanley
- Synopsis
- Batman shows little restraint as he tracks down dealers for a new and very powerful drug.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #790 (March 2004)
-
The Surrogate, Part One: Lost and Found
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Dr. Leslie Thompkins
- Synopsis
- An ex-football player turned gangster shoots a pregnant woman, but no bullet is found. As Dr. Thompkins tries to save the lives of both mother and unborn child, she asks for Batman's help in searching for the woman's family.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #791 (April 2004)
-
The Surrogate, Part Two: The Blinding
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Dr. Leslie Thompkins; Mr. Freeze
- Synopsis
- Batman searches for Dr. Thompkins, who has been kidnapped along with the pregnant woman she was treating for a gunshot wound. Batman discovers that Mr. Freeze is supplying weapons to gangs to help a mysterious third party gain control of the section of Gotham known as "The Hills."
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #792 (May 2004)
-
The Surrogate, Part Three: Deliverance
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dr. Leslie Thompkins; Mr. Freeze [Dr. Victor Fries]; Neisha; L'Shea; Marquis; Alfred Pennyworth
- Synopsis
- Batman assists Dr. Thompkins deliver a child as they are trapped within a collapsed building. Batman hunts down Mr. Freeze and attempts to find out who is making a move to take over the section of Gotham known as "The Hill."
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #793 (June 2004)
-
Monsters of Rot, Part One: Cleansing Fires
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Orpheus [Gavin King]; L'Shea; The Murge; Commissioner Michael Akins
- Synopsis
- Smugglers accidentally bring The Murge to Gotham.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #794 (July 2004)
-
Monsters of Rot, Part Two: Knee Deep
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Andersen Gabrych
- Pencils
- Pete Woods
- Inks
- Nathan Massengill
- Colors
- Jason Wright
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Orpheus [Gavin King]; Commissioner Michael Akins; Sanitation Commissioner Francis Johnson; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; The Murge
- Synopsis
- Batman and Tarantula battle the Murge in the sewers beneath Gotham City.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #795 (August 2004)
-
Polished Stone, Part One
Batman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Andersen Gabrych
- Pencils
- Brad Walker
- Inks
- Troy Nixey
- Colors
- Giulia Brusco
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Editing
- Matt Idelson
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Orpheus [Gavin King]; Onyx [Onyx Adams]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Synopsis
- Green Arrow travels to a monastery to ask Onyx to come to Gotham and help Batman.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #795 (August 2004)
-
Polished Stone, Part Two
Batman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Orpheus; Onyx; Penguin (villain)
- Synopsis
- Batman helps Onyx cement her rep in front of the Penguin and a restaurant full of baddies.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #796 (September 2004)
-
A Life More Ordinary
Robin / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Stephanie Brown [Spoiler; Robin]; Tim Drake; Scarab; Jack Drake; Darla Aquista; Dana Drake; Bernard Dowd; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth
- Reprints
- from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #126 (July 2004)
-
Indexer Notes
Stephanie Brown becomes the new Robin.
...And Red All Over
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Andersen Gabrych
- Pencils
- Pete Woods
- Inks
- Nathan Massengill
- Colors
- Jason Wright
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Stephanie Brown]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Victor Zsasz (villain)
- Synopsis
- Stephanie's training as the new Robin is violently interrupted as Victor Zsasz targets her as his latest victim.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #796 (September 2004)
-
Girl Wonder
Robin / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Bill Willingham
- Pencils
- Damion Scott
- Inks
- Damion Scott; Robert Campanella
- Colors
- Guy Major
- Letters
- Phil Balsman
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Stephanie Brown]; Batman; Tim Drake; Jack Drake; Dana Drake; Scarab; Tiger Moth; Darla Aquista; Bernard Dowd; Oracle; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]
- Reprints
- from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #127 (August 2004)
-
Fired!
Robin / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Stephanie Brown]; Batman; Scarab; Tim Drake; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Alfred Pennyworth
- Synopsis
- Batman "fires" Stephanie from the Robin role.
- Reprints
- from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #128 (September 2004)
-
Cover Gallery
Batman; Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 10 pages
- Pencils
- Tim Sale; Damion Scott
- Inks
- Tim Sale; Damion Scott
- Colors
- Mark Chiarello; Guy Major
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #790 [Direct Sales] (March 2004), #791 (April 2004), #792 (May 2004), #793 (June 2004), #794 (July 2004)
- from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #126 [Direct Sales] (July 2004)
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #795 [Direct Sales] (August 2004)
- from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #127 [Direct Sales] (August 2004)
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #796 [Direct Sales] (September 2004)
- from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #128 [Direct Sales] (September 2004)
-
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
What Has Gone Before
Batman -
2.
[Cast of Characters]
Batman -
3.
Scarification
Batman -
4.
The Surrogate, Part One: Lost and Found
Batman -
5.
The Surrogate, Part Two: The Blinding
Batman -
6.
The Surrogate, Part Three: Deliverance
Batman -
7.
Monsters of Rot, Part One: Cleansing Fires
Batman -
8.
Monsters of Rot, Part Two: Knee Deep
Batman -
9.
Polished Stone, Part One
Batman -
10.
Polished Stone, Part Two
Batman -
11.
A Life More Ordinary
Robin -
12.
...And Red All Over
Batman -
13.
Girl Wonder
Robin -
14.
Fired!
Robin -
15.
Cover Gallery
Batman; Robin -
16.
Designing a New Robin
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