Volume: 1
Price: 14.99 USD; 19.99 CAD
Pages: 212
On-sale Date: 2005-02-16
Editing: Bob Schreck (credited) (editor - original series); Michael Wright (credited) (editor - original series); Matt Idelson (credited) (editor - original series); Nachie Castro (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Robert Greenberger (credited) (senior editor - collected edition)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
James Jean (signed)
Inks:
James Jean (signed)
Colors:
James Jean (signed)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
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Issue Data

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

credits, title page / 3 pages

Letters:
typeset

War Games Prelude: No Help
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 24 pages

Script:
Devin Grayson (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Raúl Fernández (credited)
Rodney Ramos (credited)
Colors:
Steve Buccellato (credited)
Letters:
Rob Leigh (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Kobra; Pasquale Galante Jr.; Zeiss; Orpheus; Onyx; Alfred Pennyworth; Otero; Manuel Escabedo; Akahara; Dick Grayson [Robin (flashback); Nightwing]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Penguin; Deadshot; Lew Moxon; Hellhound; Joker; Scarface; Catwoman
Synopsis:
Spoiler observes an unusual criminal meeting that goes sour, and Batman gets a surprise from someone he thought to be helping.
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Indexer Notes

War Games continues in Detective Comics #797.

War Games Act 1 Part 1 Flashpoint
(Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Andersen Gabrych (credited)
Pencils:
Pete Woods (credited)
Inks:
Colors:
Jason Wright (credited)
Letters:
Pat Brosseau (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Orpheus; Onyx; Arturo Rodriguez (reporter); Leslie Thompkins; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Diego Escabedo; Penguin; Deadshot
Synopsis:
Gang war erupts in Gotham.
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Indexer Notes

War Games continues in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182.

War Games: Act 1 Part 2 Behind Enemy Lines
(Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
A. J. Lieberman (credited)
Pencils:
Brad Walker (credited)
Inks:
Troy Nixey (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Orpheus; Onyx; VILLAIN: Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
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Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #797.
War Games crossover continues in Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #96.

War Games: Act 1 Part 3 A Sort of Homecoming
(Table of Contents: 5)

Nightwing / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Devin Grayson (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Andy Owens (credited)
Colors:
Gregory Wright (credited)
Letters:
Rob Leigh (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Nightwing; Batman; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Leslie Thompkins; Onyx; Tim Drake [Robin] (does not appear in costume in this issue); Jack Drake; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]
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Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #182.
War Games crossover continues in Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #56.

War Games: Act 1 Part 4: Rules of Engagment
(Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
A. J. Lieberman (credited)
Pencils:
Al Barrionuevo (credited)
Inks:
Francis Portela (credited)
Colors:
Brad Anderson (credited)
Letters:
Clem Robins (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Hush [Tommy Elliot]; Prometheus; Ventriloquist; Scarface; Black Mask; Alexandra Kosov; Henry Aquista; Suicide King; Penguin; Firefly; Eletrocutioner; Pistolera; Vicious; Lynx; Trickster; Killer Croc; Nightwing; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Deadshot; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]
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Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #96.
War Games crossover continues in Robin (DC, 1993 series) #129.

War Games: Act 1 Part 5 Alamo High
(Table of Contents: 7)

Robin / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Bill Willingham (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Lorenzo Ruggiero (credited)
Colors:
Guy Major (credited)
Letters:
Phil Balsman (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A gang war has broken out, citywide in Gotham.
Characters:
Tim Drake; Darla Aquista; Scarface; Ventriloquist; Frank Aquista; Arturo Rodriguez
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Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #56.
War Games crossover continues in Batgirl (DC, 200 series) #55.

War Games: Act 1 Part 6 Total War
(Table of Contents: 8)

Batgirl / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Dylan Horrocks (credited)
Pencils:
Sean Phillips (credited) (art)
Inks:
Sean Phillips (credited) (art)
Colors:
Jason Wright (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Batman
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Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #129.
War Games crossover continues in Catwoman (DC, 1993 series) #34.

War Games: Act 1 Part 7 Cold Hard Facts
(Table of Contents: 9)

Catwoman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Ed Brubaker (credited)
Pencils:
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Inks:
Jimmy Palmiotti (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Clem Robins (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Dr. Leslie Thompkins; Mister Freeze [Victor Fries]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Holly Robinson
Synopsis:
A gang war has escalated quickly and has reached the east end.

Selina learns that a meeting between two gangs is a set-up; she arrives to find all members killed by Mr. Freeze. She stops Freeze, but is distracted when she spots Spoiler on a nearby rooftop.

Spoiler explains that after Batman fired her from being Robin, she decided to prove her worth by implementing a Batman contingency plan to take over the gangs. But the plan failed because "Matches" Malone was a key player in it, and Stephanie hid her actions from Batman; not realizing that Matches was one of Batman's aliases.
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Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Batgirl (DC, 2000 series) #55.
War Games crossover continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #631.

War Games: Act 1 Part 8: Last Stand at Alamo High
(Table of Contents: 10)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Bill Willingham (credited)
Pencils:
Kinsun (credited)
Inks:
Aaron Sowd (credited)
Colors:
Tony Aviña (credited as Tony Avina)
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is Arturo Rodriguez, reporting live from outside the...
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Darla Aquista; Arturo Rodriguez; Winona Chen; Lieutenant Martin; Kuan; Larry; Yegor Kironofski; Oleg; Marik; Bruno
Synopsis:
Batman, Nightwing and Batgirl enter the school where mobsters have taken hostages. Tim Drake has already helped some of his fellow students hide from the criminals and is doing what he can until help arrives.
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Indexer Notes

War Games continued from Catwoman (DC, 2002 series) #34.
War Games continues in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #798.

War Games
(Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
Cameron Stewart (credited, signed)
Inks:
Cameron Stewart (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints (1)

War Games Act One Part 1 of 8
(Table of Contents: 12)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
Jock (credited)
Inks:
Jock (credited)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints (1)

War Games Act One Part 2 of 8
(Table of Contents: 13)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
Brian Haberlin (credited) (signed as Haberlin)
Inks:
Brian Haberlin (credited) (signed as Haberlin)
Colors:
Brian Haberlin (credited) (signed as Haberlin)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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War Games Act One Part 3 of 8
(Table of Contents: 14)

Nightwing / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
Scott McDaniel (credited, signed)
Inks:
Andy Owens (credited, signed)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Nightwing [Dick Grayson]
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Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

War Games: Act One Part 4 of 8
(Table of Contents: 15)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
Jae Lee (credited) (signed as JAE LEE)
Inks:
Jae Lee (credited) (signed as JAE LEE)
Colors:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hush; Penguin; Deadshot; Scarface
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War Games Act One Part 5 of 8
(Table of Contents: 16)

Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
Dustin Nguyen (credited) (signed as Dustin)
Inks:
Dustin Nguyen (credited) (signed as Dustin)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Scarface; Tim Drake
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Batgirl / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
James Jean (credited)
Inks:
James Jean (credited)
Colors:
James Jean (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]
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Indexer Notes

War Games crossover dressing.

War Games Act One Part 7 of 8
(Table of Contents: 18)

Catwoman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
Paul Gulacy (credited) (signed as PG)
Inks:
Jimmy Palmiotti (credited) (signed as JP)
Colors:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Catwoman [Selina Kyle]
Reprints (1)

War Games: Act One Part 8 of 8
(Table of Contents: 19)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Pencils:
Matt Wagner (credited)
Inks:
Matt Wagner (credited)
Colors:
Matt Wagner (credited)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. War Games Prelude: No Help
    Batman
  4. War Games Act 1 Part 1 Flashpoint
    Batman
  5. War Games: Act 1 Part 2 Behind Enemy Lines
    Batman
  6. War Games: Act 1 Part 3 A Sort of Homecoming
    Nightwing
  7. War Games: Act 1 Part 4: Rules of Engagment
    Batman
  8. War Games: Act 1 Part 5 Alamo High
    Robin
  9. War Games: Act 1 Part 6 Total War
    Batgirl
  10. War Games: Act 1 Part 7 Cold Hard Facts
    Catwoman
  11. War Games: Act 1 Part 8: Last Stand at Alamo High
    Batman
  12. War Games
    Batman
  13. War Games Act One Part 1 of 8
    Batman
  14. War Games Act One Part 2 of 8
    Batman
  15. War Games Act One Part 3 of 8
    Nightwing
  16. War Games: Act One Part 4 of 8
    Batman
  17. War Games Act One Part 5 of 8
    Robin
  18. [no title indexed]
    Batgirl
  19. War Games Act One Part 7 of 8
    Catwoman
  20. War Games: Act One Part 8 of 8
    Batman
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