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Detective Comics 780

DETECTIVE COMICS #780

Cover Date: May 2003
Cover Price: $2.75

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Cover Credits:
Art: Tim Sale (signed)
Colors: Mark Chiarello


Story: "Dead Reckoning Part Four" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Brubaker
PencilsTommy Castillo
InksWade Von Grawbadger
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsJason Wright
Color separationsWildstorm FX
Associate editingMichael Wright
EditingBob Schreck

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Renée Montoya
Michael Akins (last/next in ???)
James Gordon (next in ???)

Villain(s):

Scarecrow (in flashback preceding main story)
Mad Hatter (in flashback preceding main story and in flashback following flashback in issue #778)
Riddler (also in flashback following flashbacks in issue #778 and preceding flashback in issue #781)
Joker (also in flashback following flashbacks in issue #778 and preceding flashback in issue #781)
Charlatan (in flashback preceding flashback in issue #781)
Killer Moth (in flashback following flashbacks in issue #778 and preceding flashback in issue #781)

Guest Appearance(s):

Catwoman (last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

Ferdo (a security expert hired by the Riddler)

Comment(s):

The events in this issue take place two days after the events in the previous issue
Story continues directly in the next issue

Synopsis:

The Mad Hatter has been poisoned at Arkham, but is still alive. With the help of Catwoman, Batman tracks down the Riddler, who is in hiding, and gets the truth about Paul Sloan. Eight years ago, the Joker and Killer Moth had the idea of hiring actor Paul Sloan to take Two-Face's place in a plan to kill Batman. Scarecrow, Penguin, the Riddler and the Mad Hatter were also in on the plan, and are now being killed off by Sloan, whom Scarecrow had told them was dead. Batman then asks for a favor from James Gordon and is granted an interview with the Joker at Slabside Penitentiary.


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Second Story: "Spore Part Five" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJ.C. Gagné
ArtMichel Gagné
ColorsMichel Gagné
EditingMatt Idelson

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Guest Star(s):

Superman

Synopsis:

The spore is suddenly defeated and eliminated by the bat-thing which Batman injected into himself when first infected. The world is cleared of the spore, but Batman is now more machine, with bat-nanites in his cells, than man.


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