Batman #498 [Direct]
(August 1993)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1993-06-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor); Jordan B. Gorfinkel (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Knightfall 15 (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kelley Jones (credited, signed)
Inks
Kelley Jones (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose)
Editing
Curtis King Jr. (credited as Curtis King) (supervision)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman (cape only); Bane; Catwoman
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Knights in Darkness [Knightfall 15] (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks
Rick Burchett (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited)
Job Number
G-9111
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Tim Drake]; Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Alfred Pennyworth; Batman [Jean-Paul Valley]; Sondra Kinsolving; Catwoman; Villain: Bane; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock
Synopsis
Jean-Paul Valley becomes Batman.
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Indexer Notes

Knightfall continues from Showcase '93 (DC, 1993 series) #8.
Knightfall continues in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #665.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bat-Signals / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jordan B. Gorfinkel (credited as Gorf)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Knightfall 15
    Batman
  2. 1. Knights in Darkness [Knightfall 15]
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
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