Price: 19.95 USD; 30.95 CAD
Pages: 196
On-sale Date: 2004-09-15
Editing: Robert Greenberger (collected edition); Paul Levitz (original); Dick Giordano (original); Denny O'Neil (original); Len Wein (original)
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Issue Data

Series Data

  • Color: color
  • Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
  • Paper Stock: cardstock cover
  • Binding: squarebound
  • Publishing Format: collected edition
  • Publication Type: book

Batman in the Eighties
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  • from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1942 series) #285 [Batman figure only]

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Title page.

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credits, title page / 1 page

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Company credits with indicia information at bottom of page and back ground illustration.

Table of Contents
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Table of Contents with background illustration.

Introduction
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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages

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David Mazzucchelli (Batman #404)
Frank Miller (Batman: The Dark Knigh)
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David Mazzucchelli (Batman #404)
Frank Miller (Batman: The Dark Knigh)
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Batman
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Introductory text with small reproductions of the covers to Batman: The Dark Knight #1 and Batman #404.

Family
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Batman; Robin; Batgirl; Nightwing; Speedy; Superman

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Text article on the Batman Family of the Eighties with cover reproductions for Detective Comics #526, The Brave and the Bold #184 and 200, Batgirl Special, Teen Titans Spotlight #14, Batman and the Outsiders #32, World's Finest Comics 286, Batman #368, The New Teen Titans #39 and Action Comics Weekly #618.

Shadow Play
(Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 18 pages

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Batman; Man-Bat
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He with Secrets Fears the Sound
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Batgirl / comic story / 7 pages

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Batgirl: Velvet Tiger
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... When Velvet Paws Caress the Ground
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Batgirl / comic story / 7 pages

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Batgirl; Velvet Tiger
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A Batman and the Outsiders Primer
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Batman; Halo; Black Lightning; Metamorpho; Katana; Geo-Force
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To Kill a Legend
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Batman / comic story / 19 pages

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Batman; Robin; Phantom Stranger
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Transition
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Teen Titans / comic story / 10 pages

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Marv Wolfman (co-plot, script)
George Pérez (co-plot)
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Teen Titans; Batman
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Villains
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Batman; Riddler; Penguin; Two-Face; Catwoman; Joker; Man-Bat; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Talia; Nocturna; The Mudpack [Clayfaces]; Robin [Jason Todd]

Indexer Notes

Text article with reproductions of the covers to Secret Origins #44 and Special #1; Batman #329, 330, 336, 348 and 374; Batman: The Killing Joke; Catwoman #4 (1-4); and Detective Comics #556 and 569.

Pieces of Penguin!
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Batman / comic story / 23 pages

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Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Mislabeld in Table of Contents as Batman #384.

Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Batman / comic story / 18 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Since 1899, Gotham Police Headquarters has stood at the junction of the area called Five Points, on the lower east side of the city...
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Lucius Fox; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Synopsis:
The Joker plans his own birthday party and invites all of Gotham to watch the explosive celebration with some of Batman's closest allies. It is up to the Caped Crusader to find the event before the fireworks start.
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...The Player on the Other Side!
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Batman / comic story / 40 pages

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Batman; The Wrath
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Fear for Sale
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Batman / comic story / 22 pages

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Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Scarecrow
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The Phenomenon
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Batman; Sherlock Holmes; Robin [Carrie Kelley]; Deadshot; Amanda Waller; Joker

Indexer Notes

Text article with reproductions of the covers to Detective Comics #537, 572, 577; Batman: The Cult #1; 'Mazing Man #12; Suicide Squad #10; Deadshot #1 (1-4); Batman Movie Adaptation #[nn]; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1; Batman: Son of the Demon #[nn]; The Untold Legend of the Batman #3 and The Further Adventures of Batman. Also the first week of The Batman syndicated strip.

Contributors
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Short biographical paragraphs on the creators in this issue.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. Batman in the Eighties
    Batman
  3. [no title indexed]
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Family
    Cover Gallery
  7. Shadow Play
    Batman
  8. He with Secrets Fears the Sound
    Batgirl
  9. ... When Velvet Paws Caress the Ground
    Batgirl
  10. A Batman and the Outsiders Primer
    Batman and the Outsiders
  11. To Kill a Legend
    Batman
  12. Transition
    Teen Titans
  13. Villains
    Cover Gallery
  14. Pieces of Penguin!
    Batman
  15. Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...!
    Batman
  16. ...The Player on the Other Side!
    Batman
  17. Fear for Sale
    Batman
  18. The Phenomenon
    Cover Gallery
  19. Contributors
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