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BATMAN #491
Cover Date: April 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
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Cover Credits:
Art: Kelley Jones
Colors: Bob LeRose
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Credits:
| Story | Doug Moench |
| Art | Jim Aparo |
| Lettering | Richard Starkings |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | Dennis O'Neil |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Harvey Bullock (last in Detective Comics #658)
- James Gordon (last in Showcase '93 #6; next in issue #493)
- Renée Montoya (last in Detective Comics #658)
- Jeremiah Arkham (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4; next in Showcase '94 #3)
- Robin III (last in Detective Comics #658)
- Jean-Paul Valley (last in Detective Comics #658; next in issue #494)
- Armand Krol (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #9; next in issue #493)
Villain(s):
- Bane
- Bird
- Trogg (next in issue #493)
- Zombie
- Joker (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4; next in issue #494)
- Scarecrow (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4; next in issue #494)
- Poison Ivy (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4; next in issue #495)
- Maxie Zeus (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4; next in Detective Comics #659)
- Killer Croc (last in issue #489; next in Detective Comics #660)
- Two-Face (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4; next in flashback in Showcase '93 #7)
- Calendar Man (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #9; behind the scenes; appears in Batman 80-Page Giant #3 during his escape; next in Team Titans #13)
- various other Arkham inmates
Other Character(s):
- Talon
Synopsis: - Bane and his men secure some weaponry and proceed with the testing of Batman - by breaking all of the inmates out of Arkham Asylum. When he hears of this, Mayor Krol wants the police to shoot to kill, but Commissioner Gordon refuses to issue this order. Batman arrives on the scene and is able to safeguard the asylum staff, but his enemies are now all running free, and Gordon wonders if he made the right decision.