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| Issue |
Shadow of the Bat
58 |
| Subtitle |
Leaves of Gras
part 3: Comedown! |
| Date |
January 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Stan
Woch |
| storyline |
After giving him a
kiss, Poison Ivy cut Batman loose to fight Floronic Man. He
defeated the wild plant, but Ivy escaped with the money due to
the time-lapse kiss she gave Batman. Tim helped a friend who had
an adverse reaction to his first bit of marijuana and gave a
lecture to a class on its dangers. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 59 |
| Subtitle |
Killer Killer part
one: Storm Gird |
| Date |
February 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Stan
Woch |
| storyline |
Scarface surfaced
again in the hands of Rhino, one of his goons. The dummy
demanded Arnold Wesker be broken out of Blackgate. Penguin had
him set loose (for a fee). Wesker and Scarface were reunited.
Batman tracked the "Killer Killer," a vigilante who'd
been killing convicted killers. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 60 |
| Subtitle |
Killer Killer part
2: The Old Man and the Sea |
| Date |
March 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Stan
Woch |
| storyline |
Batman caught the
Killer Killer trying to take down the Penguin. He turned out to
be a high ranking member of Penguin's gang trying to take over
the top spot. Scarface and Ventriloquist nearby, Batman knocked
the puppet into Gotham Harbor. Wesker dove in after him; neither
were found by police. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 61 |
| Subtitle |
Second Chances |
| Date |
April 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo, Stan
Woch |
| storyline |
Batman chased
would-be assassins out to get a mob rat being protected by
police until the trial. He witnessed a new family getting a
second chance and thought back on his childhood and Alfred. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 62 |
| Subtitle |
Janus part one:
Two's Company, Three's a Corpse |
| Date |
May 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Stan
Woch |
| storyline |
Two-Face faked a
heart attack and was broken loose in transit to a medical
center. He bowed out of his first heist, claiming he needed to
sleep off his medications. Three of his men were killed by a
masked man calling himself Janus. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 63 |
| Subtitle |
Janus part two:
Two and Two is... |
| Date |
June 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Stan
Woch |
| storyline |
Janus struck
Two-Face's gang again at their next score. Batman cornered the
criminal mastermind after realizing he'd hijacked a docked
nuclear ship. Knowing he had to be Janus, Batman appealed to
Dent's good side and got him back to Arkham. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 64 |
| Subtitle |
The Wedding
Present |
| Date |
July 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Stan
Woch |
| storyline |
Batman wrecked his
car while evading a pedestrian on a secluded road. He got out to
check on her and was captured. He awakened tied up on a strange
old house. The man there mistook him for a demon, who he said
killed everyone at his sister's wedding (the pedestrian was in a
bridal gown). He set the house on fire hoping to destroy the
demon. Batman escaped and saved the man from the burning house.
The real demon attacked him while he looked for the bride. Jason
Blood, Etrigan's host, arrived and told Batman what had
happened: 100 years previous, when couples often got protection
demons as wedding presents, a present went berserk. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 65 |
| Subtitle |
Illusions part
one: The Harder They Fall |
| Date |
August 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Joe Rubinstein |
| storyline |
Batman saved a boy
from muggers; he explained he was running from his father, Bruce
Wayne, who'd threatened to kill him. James Gordon was brought up
on charges of corruption and money laundering by Internal
Affairs. Bock and Montoya were also charged. Essen asked Batman
for help. Penguin's birthday party was spoiled by a shootout. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 66 |
| Subtitle |
Illusions part
two: The Bigger They Come... |
| Date |
September 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Joe Rubinstein |
| storyline |
Batman began
investigating the strange happenings from the night before, plus
high profile suicides and an on-air murder. Two men, apparently
with psychic powers, robbed a bank. Batman learned the police
were after him and visited James Gordon in jail. After visiting
the Penguin, he was surrounded by a SWAT team. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 67 |
| Subtitle |
Illusions part
three: Thinker and the Cheat |
| Date |
October 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Norm Breyfogle,
Stan Woch |
| storyline |
Batman escaped the
police, but his car was taken. He soon uncovered the scam being
run by a hypnotist and a psychic. All charges on him, Gordon,
Montoya, and Bock were dropped. Batman spoke with Gordon about
it all. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 68 |
| Subtitle |
A Contract With
Death! |
| Date |
November 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo, Stan
Woch |
| storyline |
Batman tracked an
unknown serial killer who struck once per year (on Halloween)
for the past eight years. He found the man who'd been
sacrificing people to the Lord of Death since a tragic car
accident he was in while in college. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 69 |
| Subtitle |
The Apocalypse
Club |
| Date |
December 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Malochia, a
criminally insane man who thought he was a prophet, escaped
Arkham. Strange, unexplained deaths began popping up in cult
fashion across the city. A man calling himself Fate fell into
the Batmobile. He and Batman teamed up against the suspected
Armageddon. They were attacked by stone horsemen atop a
building. |
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