|
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| Issue |
Detective 610 |
| Subtitle |
Snow and Ice part
one: Ode to a Penguin |
| Date |
January 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
Batman, Gordon,
and others were present at Penguin's funeral; he died working
out in a prison gym. That night, two of his men dug him up.
Kadaver was broken out of prison and ended the hypnotic spell
that had Penguin "dead." |
|
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| Issue |
Detective 611 |
| Subtitle |
Snow and Ice part
two: Bird of Ill Omen |
| Date |
February 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
When
double-crossed, Kadaver put him back in the trance. After
everyone realized who was in control, Penguin was again
awakened. Kadaver became his partner. They busted up a big drug
deal, scoring both the loot and the cash. Their next heist was a
diamond show - Penguin double-crossed Kadaver again, and Batman
was there to take them down. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 612 |
| Subtitle |
Cats |
| Date |
March 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
A mutilated body
was found in Robinson park. Thomas Blake / the Catman went
looking for his missing pet. The white tiger struck again;
Batman and Catman converged on it. Catwoman put a stop to Catman,
while Batman took down the tiger. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 613 |
| Subtitle |
Trash |
| Date |
April 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
Bruce Wayne and
Vicki Vale had lunch and saw some rival garbage men fighting
over territory. Batman saw more go down that night as one of the
bosses shot the other's son. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 614 |
| Subtitle |
Street Demonz |
| Date |
May 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
Batman watched as
a street gang tried to turn children into drug pushers. He took
down the gang, and made a donation to the kids' education as
Bruce Wayne. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 615 |
| Subtitle |
The Penguin Affair
II: Bird of Ill Omen! |
| Date |
early June 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Marv Wolfman, Alan
Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
(continued
from Batman 448)
Penguin's birds brought the city to its knees - radio
stations went off the air, people were killed, an airliner even
crashed. Out of control, the Batmobile went into the harbor.
Batman escaped back to the cave with one of the birds to
analyze.
(continued in Batman 449) |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 616 |
| Subtitle |
Stone Killer |
| Date |
late June 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
(occurring
simultaneously with Batman 450)
Batman and Gordon discovered a murder victim that
appeared to be a part of some sort of ritual on the night of the
Penguin's bird attacks. Batman found another victim in the same
fashion and also heard of a strange "red-hooded
gunman" loose in Gotham City. At the plane crash site (see
Detective 615), Batman found an archaeologist who spoke of
"dragon lines." Both ritual deaths had occurred on one
of these lines. They were too late at the next location, and
they thought the next would be at Wayne Manor. A deer was found
dead there. Next on the line was the archeologist's home. Batman
stopped the being by separating it from it's magical scepter. It
fell into the harbor. Batman realized Joker was on the loose
(Red-Hood). |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 617 |
| Subtitle |
Clash of Symbols |
| Date |
early July 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
(continued
from Batman 450)
Batman stopped a robbery at a fortune teller's shop. She
asked him to pick a card, which turned out to be the tarot of
the joker. She told him of its significance. He thought back on
a battle with his nemesis three years previous. The fortune
teller asked Batman to be careful.
(continued in Batman 451) |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 618 |
| Subtitle |
Rite of Passage
part one: Shadow on the Sun |
| Date |
late July 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
Tim got a post
card from his parents, they were island-hopping in the
Caribbean. Unknown to him, their plane was forced down and they
were captured by a local tribe. Their pilot was killed
immediately to show them they were serious. A man calling
himself the Obeath Man held them. The news reached Gotham City;
Tim was devastated. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 619 |
| Subtitle |
Rite of Passage
part two: Beyond Belief |
| Date |
early August 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
Gordon called
Batman in - they'd received a video tape of the Drakes, both
still captive. The tape demanded a ransom, and showed a tribe
member slashing the throat of the Drake secretary. Bruce deduced
from a smell on the tape and a huge centipede that they were
being held in Haiti by a voodoo tribe. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 620 |
| Subtitle |
Rite of Passage
part three: Make Me a Hero |
| Date |
late August 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
Bruce went to
Haiti without telling Tim or Alfred. Tim channeled his energies
into pursuit of a cyber hacker that was stealing money from
large corporations. He tracked and caught the thief - Anarky.
Bruce returned to the cave wounded. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 621 |
| Subtitle |
Rite of Passage
part four: Trial by Fire |
| Date |
September 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Steve Mitchell |
| storyline |
Bruce told Tim of
his trip to Haiti, his battle with the Obeath man and his
soldiers, his parents' poisoning. Mrs. Drake was dead, Mr. Drake
paralyzed in a Gotham hospital. Bruce took Tim to see his
father. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 622 |
| Subtitle |
Dark Genesis |
| Date |
undated |
| Writer(s) |
John Ostrander |
| Artist(s) |
Flint Henry, Mike
McKone, Jose Marzan |
| storyline |
In a new comic
book based on the Batman: The devil asked for peace between
heaven and hell. God told him he must walk the earth in a
willing human's body and fight evil. Satan found Simon Petrarch
and merged with him. The devil took the shape of a Bat Man and
began purging evil.
Alfred gave Bruce a copy of the book; a murder victim turned up
in Gotham. "Batman" was signed in the victim's blood.
The killer called in to a talk radio show. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 623 |
| Subtitle |
Death of Innocence |
| Date |
November 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
John Ostrander |
| Artist(s) |
Flint Henry, Mike
McKone, Jose Marzan |
| storyline |
The comic book's
writer and publisher appeared on the talk show which
"Batman" called into. After the next two killings, it
appeared that the "Batmaniac" was emulating the Batman
of the comic book. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Detective 624 |
| Subtitle |
Bitter Victory |
| Date |
December 1990 |
| Writer(s) |
John Ostrander |
| Artist(s) |
Flint Henry, Mike
McKone, Jose Marzan |
| storyline |
The comic's writer
decided to end the Batman title, hoping the murders would also
stop. Batman took down the killer. |
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