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Issue Details

Issue #80
Published December 1998
Cover Price 3.95 USD
Pages 60
Editing Dennis O'Neil; Jordan B. Gorfinkel (associate)
Notes This is a 2-in-1 flip book with AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #47. Azrael letter page credits cover pencils to Roger Robinson, although this is clearly painted and signed by Glen Orbik.

Cover Details - "Road to No Man's Land: Wax Man and the Clown"

Characters Batman; Azrael
Genre Superhero
Pencils Glen Orbik (painting; signed)
Inks Glen Orbik (painting; signed)
Colors Glen Orbik (painting; signed)
Notes This is a 2-in-1 flip book with AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #47. Azrael letter page credits cover pencils to Roger Robinson, although this is clearly painted and signed by Glen Orbik.

23 page Batman story "Road to No Man's Land: Wax Man and the Clown"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Jeremiah Arkham; David Thurman; VILLAINS: Joker; Wax Man; Pinhead; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Cornelius Stirk; Ventriloquist [Arnold Wesker; also as Scarface]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Mr. Zsasz; Vox; Solly Bean; Jigsaw Man [Greg Rourke]; Vernon Jamson; Nicholas Scratch
Synopsis Gotham gets even more dangerous when the Arkham Asylum orderlies abandon their posts, leaving the inmates to run the asylum, among them the Joker! [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Alan Grant
Pencils Mark Buckingham
Inks Robert Campanella
Colors Pam Rambo; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters Bill Oakley
Editing Dennis O'Neil; Jordan B. Gorfinkel (associate)

1 page Shadowlines; From the Den text article "Shadowlines; From the Den"

Script Dennis O'Neil
Letters typeset
Notes Dennis O'Neil discusses how the "No Man's Land" story came about.

1 page Azrael (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "[Azrael: Agent of the Bat #47]; Road to No Man's Land: Introducing Nicholas Scratch!"

Characters Azrael; Batman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Roger Robinson (signed)
Inks James Pascoe (signed)
Colors Demetrius Bassoukos; Prismacolor (separations)
Editing Mike Carlin; Frank Berrios (assistant)
Notes This is a 2-in-1 flip book with BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #80.

22 page Azrael story "...a Man of Wealth and Taste... "

Characters Azrael [Jean Paul Valley]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Senator Esterbrook Halivan (first appearance; dies); VILLAINS: Nicholas Scratch (first appearance); All Star Rock'N'Roll (first appearance; Nick Scratch's band)
Synopsis The next chapter of Azrael's life begins as Batman sends him on a mission to Washington, D.C.! Assigned to protect the only U.S. Senator with any sympathy for Gotham's plight, Azrael is unprepared for the Machiavellian manipulations of the malevolent new villain, Nicholas Scratch! [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Dennis O'Neil
Pencils Roger Robinson
Inks James Pascoe
Colors Demetrius Bassoukos; Prismacolor (separations)
Letters Ken Bruzenak

2 page Az You Like It letters page "Az You Like It"

Script Chuck Kim
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Joshua Shrewman, Shawn Wozniak, Eric England, Vladimir Ramik and Michael Williams - and responses from Chuck Kim. Preview of covers to AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #43 and #48.