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| Issue |
The Batman
Chronicles 3 |
| Subtitle |
[1] Riddle of
the Jinxed Sphinx
[2] The First Cut is Always the
Deepest: The Secret Origin of Mr. Zsasz
[3] Workin' My Way Back to You |
| Date |
Winter 1996 |
| Writer(s) |
[1] Doug
Moench
[2] Alan Grant
[3] Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
[1] Brian
Stelfreeze, Bill Sienkiewicz
[2] Jennifer Graves, Wayne Faucher
[3] Gabriel Gecko, Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
[1] Riddler began
striking, but attempting to change his M.O. by not sending
riddles to the police or Batman. He finally broke down and sent
one to Essen-Gordon. She showed it to Batman, who promptly took
Nygma down.
[2] Mr. Zsasz spoke with his therapist
about his beginnings. He'd been young and rich, but lost it all
gambling. His first victim was a man who tried to mug him while
he contemplated suicide. The therapist got too close to him, and
she became his latest victim.
[3] Killer Croc left his Louisiana swamp home and made his way
back to Gotham City. |
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| Issue |
The Batman
Chronicles 4 |
| Subtitle |
[1] Hitman
[2] Huntress: Exposure
[3] Beggar's Banquet |
| Date |
Spring 1996 |
| Writer(s) |
[1] Garth
Ennis
[2] Christopher Priest
[3] Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
[1] John
McCrea
[2] Matt Haley, Mike Sellers
[3] Frank Fosco, Stan Woch |
| storyline |
fits
in between Detective 696 and Catwoman 32 during the Contagion
storyline
[1] Batman learned of a secret government entity that might be
able to provide a cure for the Clench. Hitman killed him before
Batman could get there.
[2] Huntress went looking for one of her
students who'd lost his entire family to the plague. She found
him dying of it.
[3] Tim dreamed he was cured. His father and girlfriend knew he
was Robin, and his mother was alive. |
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| Issue |
The Batman
Chronicles 5 |
| Subtitle |
[1] Oracle:
Year One - Born of Hope
[2] Decoys
[3] Of Mice and Men |
| Date |
Summer 1996 |
| Writer(s) |
[1] John
Ostrander, Kim Yale
[2] Tommy Lee Edwards, Howard Chaykin
[3] Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
[1] Brian
Stelfreeze, Karl Story
[2] Tommy Lee Edwards, John Paul Leon
[3] Scott McDaniel, Ray McCarthy |
| storyline |
[1] Barbara Gordon
recounted her first months after being shot in the spine by the
Joker. She took her first case against a computer genius that
her father was having a hard time arresting. She had a dream
where she was the Oracle of ancient Greece and became more and
more comfortable in that role. She trapped the cyber-criminal
and got her to make a full confession.
[2] Lt. James Gordon worked a case in his
early days in Gotham City. He was helping move a mob snitch who
escaped during a shootout.
[3] Alfred helped young Bruce Wayne with a bully problem at
school while contemplating his future at the Wayne home. |
|
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| Issue |
The Batman
Chronicles 6 |
| Subtitle |
[1] Choices
[2] Shadow Job
[3] Cityscape |
| Date |
Fall 1996 |
| Writer(s) |
[1] Mark
Nevins
[2] Brian Augustyn
[3] Dennis O'Neil |
| Artist(s) |
[1] Jesse
Delperdang, Ray McCarthy, Quique Alcatena
[2] Dave De'Antiquis
[3] Curt Swan, John Dell |
| storyline |
[1] In Istanbul,
Batman battled some of Ra's al Ghul's men. He obtained an
ancient journal from one of them, describing a man's journey to
the "new world" in the mid 1500's. The man encountered
Ra's there - he wanted to learn mystical powers from the Native
Americans. Ra's appeared and demanded the Detective hand the
journal over to him. Batman instead gave the book back to its
writer.
[2] A young Bruce Wayne, under the
pseudonym Frank Dixon, worked an investigation with Dan Mallory
in Chicago.
[3] Tim read an old account of Gotham's first citizens - the
city started as an insane asylum. |
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