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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published Spring 1997
Cover Price $2.95; $4.25 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Darren Vincenzo; Jordan B. Gorfinkel

Cover Details

Characters Batman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Walt Simonson (signed)
Inks Walt Simonson (signed)
Colors Gloria Vasquez (colors); Heroic Age (separations)

1 page credits "Table of Contents"

Characters Batman
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Kevin Somers
Letters typeset

18 page Batman story "The Prison"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's al Ghul; Talia Head; Sora (in portrait)
Synopsis Ra's al Ghul tries to use Talia to murder Batman, but she can't do it.
Genre Superhero
Script John Stanisci
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks John Stanisci
Colors Kevin Somers
Letters Ken Lopez
Reprinted in Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

10 page James Gordon story "Double Jeopardy"

Characters James Gordon; Villains: Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Boss Moroni
Synopsis James Gordon uses Two-Face to track down Boss Moroni.
Genre Superhero
Script Sholly Fisch
Pencils Douglas Wheatley
Inks Wade Von Grawbadger
Colors Gloria Vasquez
Letters Albert DeGuzman

10 page Batman story "Secrets of the Batcave: Dinosaur Island"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Murry Hart (deceased); Villain: Stephen Chase
Synopsis The secret behind the dinosaur souvenier.
Genre Superhero
Script Graham Nolan
Pencils Graham Nolan
Inks Graham Nolan
Colors Patricia Mulvihill
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes Credits acknowledge special thanks to Chuck Dixon. The story is dedicated to Bill Finger and Dick Sprang.

1 page Watch This Space promo (ad from the publisher) "Watch This Space #37"

Pencils Ron Frenz
Inks Ron Frenz
Letters typeset
Notes Preview of books coming out in 1997. DC checklist for comics dated April 1997.

1 page The Batman Chronicles letters page "The Batman Chronicles"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers.