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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published 1994
Cover Price 2.95 USD
Pages 68
Editing Jordan Gorfinkel (Assistant); Denny O'Neil

Cover Details - "Elseworlds"

Characters Batman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Mignola
Inks Mike Mignola

56 page Batman story "Black Masterpiece"

Characters [Present Story] FEATURE: Batman; GUESTS: Commissioner Gordon; VILLAIN: Lofgren [Past Story] FEATURE: Tomas De Medici [also as Batman]; GUESTS: Leonardo Da Vinci; Mona Lisa Del Gioconda; Alfredo; VILLAIN: Francesco Del Gioconda; Roberto De Pazzi
Synopsis In the present, a high-brow thief makes off with the Mona Lisa and Batman races to get the painting back; In the past, the real Mona Lisa is kidnapped and Da Vinci's young Medici apprentice takes on the role of a "bat-man" to rescue her.
Genre Superhero
Script Doug Moench
Pencils Frederico Cueva
Inks Alberto Pez
Colors Phil Allen
Letters Steve Haynie
Notes This is not technically an Elseworlds story as it indicates that the past adventure with a Medici as a costumed hero actually took place and that this precursor to Batman was originally included on the Mona Lisa canvas but was painted over.