Dick Giordano (credited) (editor - original series); Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor - original series); Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor - original series); Jonathan Peterson (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Bill Kaplan (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Kelley Puckett (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Ian Sattler (credited) (director - editorial, special projects and archival editions)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Binding
softcover
Publishing Format
collected edition
Issue Notes
Second printing available October 31, 2012; third printing available June 25, 2014; and fourth printing November 11, 2015 (per comiclist.com).
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's al Ghul; Talia al Ghul; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Harris Blaine (Death); Harris Blaine Jr.; Margaret Trask; Dr. Weltmann; Donal (Death); Grind; Mikhail Gorbachev; Ronald Reagan; Quayin (Death); General Yossid (Death); John Pearson; Dr. Hallam; Thomas Wayne (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback); Joe Chill (cameo, flashback); Melisande (Ra's wife; cameo, flashback); Damian Wayne (1st appearance; Unnamed in the story; cameo)
Synopsis
A terrorist and his allies take control of a satellite that can control the weather and Batman teams up with Ra's to take him down. During the operation, Batman and Talia are married and concieve a child, but Talia tells him that she miscarries during all of the excitement, but she doesn't.
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Brant Carmody (Death); Brant Carmody Jr.; Talia al Ghul; Evelyn Grayce; Ra's al Ghul; Dr. Weltmann; Grind; Shard (Death); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (flashback)
Synopsis
Batman tries to stop Ra's from replenishing the earth's ozone layer and laying waste to civilization in the process.
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's al Ghul; Talia al Ghul; Runce; the Salimb; Sora; the old woman's son; Ra's al Ghul's uncle
Synopsis
While trying to prevent Ra's al Ghul from ceating another Lazarus Pit, Batman finds a document which tells how Ra's discovered the secret of the Lazarus Pits and began to become the man he now is. At the latest Lazurus Pit Talia has created for her father, Batman and Ra's struggle and tumble into the pit. When Batman emerges, there is no sign of Ra's.