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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published December 2009
Cover Price 4.99 USD
Pages 60
Editing Mike Marts; Janelle Siegel (assistant)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2009-10-14. Copyright © 2009 DC Comics.

Cover Details

Characters Azrael [Michael Lane]; Batman [Dick Grayson]; Question [Renee Montoya]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jim Calafiore
Inks Jim Calafiore
Colors Brian Reber
Notes The covers to Batman Annual #27 and Detective Comics Annual #11 combine to form a single image.

35 page Batman story "The Eighth Deadly Sin, Part Two: Original Sin"

Characters Batman [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Azrael [Michael Lane]; Question [Renee Montoya]; Harvey Bullock; Josie MacDonald; Order of Purity [Adrian Paratino; Father Garrett Day]; Mark Canton; Alyssa Canton (first appearance; death); Jackson Canton; La Saligia [Amon (villain); Daystar (first appearance; villain); Tanimin (first appearance; villain)]
Genre Superhero
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Tom Mandrake
Inks Tom Mandrake
Colors Nathan Eyring
Letters John J. Hill
Notes Story continued from Batman Annual (DC, 2006 series) #27.

2 page A Lil Gotham Tale! story "Question & Answer"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Question [Renee Montoya]; Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Bane (villain); Black Mask (villain); Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain); Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel] (villain); Hush [Thomas Elliot] (villain); Joker (villain); Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch] (villain); Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries] (villain); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (villain); Ra's al Ghul (villain); Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Scarface [Arnold Wesker; also as Ventriloquist] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain)
Genre Superhero; Humor
Script Derek Fridolfs; Dustin Nguyen
Pencils Dustin Nguyen
Inks Dustin Nguyen
Colors Dustin Nguyen
Letters John J. Hill
Editing Janelle Siegel; Mike Marts (Batman Group Editor)

9 page Oracle story "Darker Than Black, Part 1"

Characters Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Looker [Lia Briggs]; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Christopher Abrams (death); Samuel Aerons; The Stygian (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Mandy McMurray
Pencils Kelley Jones
Inks Kelley Jones
Colors Michelle Madsen
Letters John J. Hill
Editing Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (assistant)
Notes Story continued from Batman Annual (DC, 2006 series) #27.

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation [187]: How Big is Blackest Night?"

Script Dan Didio
Letters typeset
Notes Dan Didio talks about eight classic DC titles that will come back for one issue as part of the Blackest Night event. The issues will be Power of Shazam #48, Catwoman #83, Suicide Squad #67, Question #37, Phantom Stranger #42, Weird Western Tales #71, Atom and Hawkman #46 and Starman #81.