Batman: Scar of the Bat [Nov 01, 2000] Barreto, Eduardo and Collins, Max Allan

    Bruce Wayne, Arkham Asylum, 1900 Humans have a natural revulsion toward murder. It's a basic thing in man, he carries it in his blood, it's part of being a human being. But some men kill for pleasure. What is the line that these beings cross, that transforms them from humans into murderers? I have dedicated my life to trying to answer this question.

    There is also a new creature of the night people are calling The Batman. One night someone sees the Batman near a wagon of kids, and surmises that he is stealing the children. This peaks the interest of visiting escape artist and showman Harry Houdini. So he makes a promise to help the police track down the Batman. Yet when he finally meets the mysterious figure, Harry knows that he is the hero and not the villain of the story. The two team up, and discover that the children have been kidnapped by an albino, but al evidence points to a puppetmaster for the albino, so they continue to work together to stop the heinous crime.

    Bruce Wayne becomes a member of a secret society of detectives to battle the decades old criminal conspiracy that left him an orphan in this stunning original hardcover graphic novel! Babe Ruth, Teddy Roosevelt, Selina Kyle and others are just a few of the players in a Batman story unlike any before.

    Selina, it seems, has been privy to dangerous secrets, and her death results in a whirlwind of furious activity from the underworld denizens. Now, Batman must chase down treacherous clues and doggedly track down the killer. But even for the Caped Crusader, it won't be easy

    This fun, fast paced tale is co-published with Marvel Comics and is drawn in a style reminiscent of the 1940s Golden Age of

    Mxyzptlk and the Bat-Mite - have a little tactless fun with their buddies Batman and Superman.

    Beware dust come alive again. To save Gotham City...you must cut out it's heart."In ELSEWORLDS, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places - some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow.

    Felix Faust is imprisoned for a drunken disturbance in the town of Paradise's jail and overwatched by Sheriff Oberon. Faust demands to be freed or Paradise will be destroyed. The next day, Sheriff Diana Prince leads two horse thieves to Paradise and finds the town destroyed. She heads to Diablo Wells to meet Kid Flash and Booster Gold, and begins assembling a posse.A superhero western starring Wonder Woman and featuring... * Kid Flash * Hawkman * Booster Gold * Blue Beetle * John Jones * Kid Baltimore

    An action packed and introspective journey, BATMAN & SUPERMAN: WORLD"S FINEST chronicles the first ten years of the tumultuous alliance between the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight.

     As the Dark Knight and Gotham City's top cop fight the forces of evil, they also must learn to rely on one another -- even in the midst of utter chaos in the city both men have sworn to protect!

    Known for his moody, shadowy illustrations, Colan was a natural fit as artist on Batman when he came to DC in the 1980s. His run of stories in the pages of both BATMAN and DETECTIVE COMICS included appearances by some of Batman’s greatest foes, including Man-Bat, The Monk, Rupert Thorne and more.

    But the sudden lack of sunlight is driving her mad, since she can no longer grow the plants that are an important part of her therapy. And when a series of attempted murders of the building's developers and financial elite takes place, Batman immediately thinks Ivy is involved. But he's running out of time and he's been infected with the same toxin as the developers! Is Ivy to blame and will she help him?

    Freeze plots to destroy everything he cares about: law and order, and Gotham City.

    Written by Edmond Hamilton, Jeph Loeb and others Art by Curt Swan, Ed McGuinness and othersCover by Alex Ross Collecting the best team-ups between the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, from the pages of SUPERMAN #76, WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #142, 159, 176, 207, MAN OF STEEL #3, BATMAN & SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST #7, SUPERMAN/BATMAN SECRET FILES 2003 and SUPERMAN/BATMAN ANNUAL #! Advance-solicited; on sale March 14 - 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US