Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime

([April] 2020)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Inks

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Colors

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Letters

Steve Wands

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

First title page. Reprints a painting from "The Snow Queen."

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

Batman / credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

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Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Inks

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Colors

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Letters

Steve Wands

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Robin [Damian Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Second title page. Reprints a painting from "Waynocchio."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Dustin Nguyen (painting)

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Dustin Nguyen (painting)

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Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Publisher and copyright information. A painting from "The Snow Queen" is used as the background.

Waynocchio (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script

Derek Fridolfs

Pencils

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

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Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Colors

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Letters

Steve Wands

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...There was a sick little boy named Damian Wayne who wouldn't go to bed at his home in Gotham.

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Robin [Damian Wayne] (as himself and Waynocchio); Alfred Pennyworth; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (as himself and Gebatto); Talia al Ghul; Zatanna Zatara; Bat-Mite; Joker (as Honest Joe); Harley Quinn (as Miss Q)

Synopsis

While sick in bed, Damian dreams of himself as Pinocchio, with Bruce as Geppetto, Zatanna as the fairy, Alfred as Jiminy Cricket, Bat-Mite as Jiminy's impish counterpart, and Harley and Joker as the owners of Pleasure Island.

Reprints

• in Batman: Overdrive / Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime (Special Edition) (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([September] 2020) [This is a partial reprint; 12 pages of the original 44.]

The Princess & The Pea (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script

Derek Fridolfs

Pencils

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Inks

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Colors

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Letters

Steve Wands

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...An expensive jewel went missing.

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Harvey Bullock; James Gordon; Renee Montoya; Harley Quinn; Joker; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameos as himself, the Bat-giant, and the Big Bad Bat); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (cameo); Baby-Doll [Mary Dahl]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Clayface

Synopsis

While investigating a jewel theft, Bullock and Montoya interrogate several of Gotham's criminals, all of whom confess to unrelated crimes. Harley's testimony parodies "The Princess and the Pea"; Joker's, "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Little Red Riding Hood"; and Baby-Doll's, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."

Alfred in Wonderland (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script

Derek Fridolfs

Pencils

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Inks

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Colors

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Letters

Steve Wands

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...There was a butler named Alfred who went mad.

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Darkwing; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Harley Quinn; Joker

Synopsis

Alfred has a dream in which he lives the story of Alice in Wonderland.

The Snow Queen (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman / comic story / 45 pages (report information)

Script

Derek Fridolfs

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Dustin Nguyen (painting)

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Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Colors

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Letters

Steve Wands

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...There was a man lost in a storm.

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nora Fries (as the Snow Queen); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (as the red woman); Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries] (as the missing man)

Synopsis

Led by the Snow Queen, Batman frees Mr. Freeze from an ice palace.

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credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Inks

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Colors

Dustin Nguyen (painting)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

About the author and artist. Uses the same background image as the copyright page.

Zatanna and the House of Secrets (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Zatanna / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Zatanna and the House of Secrets [Excerpt] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Zatanna / preview (from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

Batman: Overdrive (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Batman: Overdrive [Excerpt] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Batman / preview (from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)