Batman: The Widening Gyre #1 [Bill Sienkiewicz Cover]

(October 2009)

The Widening Gyre, Part One: Turning and Turning (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Kevin Smith

Pencils

Walt Flanagan

Inks

Art Thibert

Colors

Art Lyon

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson, also as Robin (flashback)]; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Gavin Adam (introduction, corpse); Mulligan (introduction, corpse); Etrigan the Demon [Jason Blood]; Atomic Skull (villain, flashback); Baron Blitzkrieg (villain, flashback); Monk (introduction, villain in Baron Blitzkrieg armor); Joker (villain); Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (villain); Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch] (villain); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (villain); Riddler [Edward Nashton] (villain); Tweedledum [Dumfrey Tweed] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain); Baphomet

Synopsis

A mysterious new vigilante helps Batman stop Etrigan the Demon.

Reprints

• in Batman: The Widening Gyre (DC, 2010 series) (2010 [February 2011])
• in DC Premium (Panini Deutschland, 2001 series) #72 - Batman: Der Teufelskreis ([März] 2011)
• in Batman: The Widening Gyre (DC, 2011 series) ([November] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Baphomet's name is revealed in Batman: The Widening Gyre (DC, 2009 series) #3.

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