The Batman Chronicles
#6
[Direct Sales]
(Fall 1996)
DC,
1995 Series
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 4.25 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1996-08-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 761941204666 00611
- Editing
- Darren Vincenzo; Jordan B. Gorfinkel
Issue Notes
"This issue is dedicated to the memory of Curt Swan. Without him, growing up a comic book fan will never be the same."
The page numbers in this issue seem to indicate that the order of the stories 'Shadow Job' and 'Cityscape' was switched at some point. 'Shadow Job' runs from page 29 to page 38, but immediately follows page 18. 'Cityscape' follows page 38 but runs from page 19 to page 28.
This issue has variants:
The page numbers in this issue seem to indicate that the order of the stories 'Shadow Job' and 'Cityscape' was switched at some point. 'Shadow Job' runs from page 29 to page 38, but immediately follows page 18. 'Cityscape' follows page 38 but runs from page 19 to page 28.
This issue has variants:
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The Batman Chronicles
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Batman
Indexer Notes
Title, credits and indicia page with partial panel from story as background image.
Choices
Batman / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Mark Nevins
- Pencils
- Jesse Delperdang (pages 1-5, 16-18); Quique Alcatena (pages 6-15)
- Inks
- Ray McCarthy (pages 1-5, 16-18); Quique Alcatena (pages 6-15)
- Colors
- Lee Loughridge
- Letters
- Ken Lopez
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Talon; Ra's al Ghul; Ubu; Blackheart (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Batman reads a story about Ra's al Ghul, set in the 1560's.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This is not the same "Talon" from the 2012 series and Night of the Owls storyline.
Shadow Job
Batman / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Brian Augustyn
- Pencils
- Dave De'Antiquis
- Inks
- Dave De'Antiquis
- Colors
- Kevin Somers
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bruce Wayne [disguised as Frank Dixon; Batman]; Dan Mallory
- Synopsis
- A story set during Bruce Wayne's formative years. Bruce, disguised as Frank Dixon, gets some detective training from private eye Dan Mallory.
- Reprints
Cityscape
Robin / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Tim Drake]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Benedict (flashback); Epsilah Clevenger (flashback); Hiram (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Robin reads a journal that tells the true tale of how Gotham got its name and that it began as an insane asylum.
- Reprints
-
in Batman: Vigilantes de Gotham (Editora Abril, 1996 series) #20 (Junho 1998) -
in DC Comics Presents: Batman: Arkham (DC, 2011 series) #1 (June 2011)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
The Batman Chronicles
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2.
Choices
Batman -
3.
Shadow Job
Batman -
4.
Cityscape
Robin -
5.
Watch This Space #25
Watch This Space -
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The Batman Chroniclers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ken Austin
- Peter Croome
- Gordon Davie
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Morbus Iff
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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