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| Issue |
Shadow of the Bat
70 |
| Subtitle |
The Spirit of 2000
part two: Gothamageddon? |
| Date |
January 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman destroyed
the newly animated horsemen and saw Malochia drawing an airplane
to him from a rooftop. Batman stopped him and broke his spell
over the pilots; the plane got away safely. Fate took Batman to
the underworld, where they fought a demon. Malochia, the demon's
portal to the real world, broke down psychologically. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 71 |
| Subtitle |
Anatomy of a
Murder |
| Date |
February 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman found a man
murdered on the roof of his apartment building. He questioned
the area street gang (who were the prime suspects), but believed
they didn't kill him. His investigation took him to the dead
man's wife, son, competition, mistress, business partner, and
finally his mistress' husband. The man broke down and
confessed. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 72 |
| Subtitle |
The Meaning of
Life |
| Date |
March 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Eduardo Barreto,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman tracked a
hitman hired to kill a mobster. The costumed hitman, Drakken,
was hired by a mob boss who kept human remains in a morbid
collection. Batman couldn't stop Drakken from killing the
mobster's girlfriend, but he got the hitman and his
employer. |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 73 |
| Subtitle |
Cataclysm
part one: Castles Built on Sand |
| Date |
April 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
(continued
from Detective 719)
Oracle lost connection with the Batcave at 7:03pm while giving a
report - a 7.6 earthquake hit Gotham City. Batman was swept up
by the rising currents from an underground stream; Alfred fell
into the cave from the crumbling Wayne Manor above. Oracle
headed to police HQ to find her father and rally the troops.
(continued
in Nightwing 19) |
|
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| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 74 |
| Subtitle |
Cataclysm
part nine: The Naked City |
| Date |
May 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
(continued
from Blackgate: Isle of Men)
Batman reached mainland Gotham City after stopping the riots at
Blackgate and began helping victims. In Bludhaven, Tim Drake
stole a motorcycle and headed toward his home. Jolene Relazzo
was abducted from her home. Batman spoke with Penguin about his
"enterprises."
(continued
in The Batman Chronicles 12) |
|
 |
| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 75 |
| Subtitle |
By Fire or By Ice
(part of AFTERSHOCK)
with backup story A Long Slow Death |
| Date |
June 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Eight days after
the quake, Gotham City was declared a national disaster area.
Batman stopped a man from committing suicide and got on the
trail of Mr. Freeze. Shortly after he captured Mr. Freeze, he
was attacked by Ultimate Clayface (who'd been trapped
underground since their last meeting). Freeze regained
consciousness and went after Clayface so he could be the one to
kill the Batman. Batman used their struggle to defeat them both.
Backup story consists of above suicide man's tale. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 76 |
| Subtitle |
The Gauntlet (part
of AFTERSHOCK) |
| Date |
July 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman rescued
some high-society party goers who'd resorted to cannibalism
during their two weeks of entrapment. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 77 |
| Subtitle |
Arwin's Theory of
Devolution (part of AFTERSHOCK) |
| Date |
August 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman stumbled up
on a Gotham University professor who'd been trapped in a
classroom full of dead students. He'd gone mad and forced Batman
into an "experiment." Batman took him down and
delivered him to the police. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 78 |
| Subtitle |
The Blank
Generation part 1: Corporate Nightmares (part of AFTERSHOCK) |
| Date |
September 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Gotham business
men met on whether or not to stay in town. Narcosis attacked Mad
Hatter's gang. Gordon called Batman in about the blissed-out
people. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 79 |
| Subtitle |
The Blank
Generation part 2: A Favorable Wind (part of AFTERSHOCK) |
| Date |
October 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Wayne Enterprises
vowed to stay in Gotham City and help start 10,000 new small
businesses. Mad Hatter teamed up with Narcosis temporarily and
then took him down (so he could have his hat/cowl). He began
releasing Narcosis' bliss gas across Gotham. Batman destroyed
what he was using to release the gas and took down Tetch.
Narcosis was believed dead in an ensuing fire. Oracle called in
helicopters to burn away the gas. |
|
 |
| Issue |
Shadow of the
Bat 80 |
| Subtitle |
Wax Man and the
Clown (part of ROAD
TO NO MAN'S LAND) |
| Date |
December 1998 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Mark Buckingham,
Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
Jeremiah Arkham
struggled with dwindling supplies, resources, and staff. Joker
engineered a distraction and altered files containing medication
dosages for the inmates. Bruce Wayne pondered going to
Washington DC to speak out for Gotham City. |
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