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Detective Comics 783

DETECTIVE COMICS #783

Cover Date: August 2003
Cover Price: $2.75

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


Story: "More Perfect Than Perfect" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Bolles
ArtShawn Martinbrough
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsJason Wright
Color separationsWildstorm FX
Associate editingMichael Wright
EditingBob Schreck

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Maggie Sawyer

Villain(s):

Alan Tuck (first appearance; a murderer; also in flashbacks)

Other Character(s):

Peggy Sutton (a former Wayne Corporation employee)

Synopsis:

It seems that a serial killer is on the loose in Gotham City, but neither the police department nor Batman can find any clue that links the victims. That is, until Bruce Wayne suddenly realises that one of them is a recently-fired employee of his own company, let go by an efficiency expert. He traces all the other victims to recent firings at the instigation of this same expert, and is able to track him down before he claims a fifth victim.


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Second Story: "Death and the Maidens. Prologue" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGreg Rucka
ArtKlaus Janson
LetteringClem Robins
ColorsLee Loughridge

Feature Character(s):

Nyssa Raatko (first appearance; in between flashbacks in Batman: Death and the Maidens #3 and #5)

Supporting Character(s):

Shoshana (first appearance; a close friend of Nyssa)
Daniel (first appearance; Nyssa's son, born in this story)

Villain(s):

Ra's al Ghul (in between flashbacks in Batman: Death and the Maidens #3 and #5)
an Ubu

Other Character(s):

Marie (an acquaintance of Nyssa)

Comment(s):

Story is set in Paris, 1923.

Synopsis:

In Paris, the patron Nyssa gives birth to a son, naming him Daniel. Her former lover, Ra's al Ghul, demands the boy from her, but she refuses, enlisting the help of an orphaned friend to ensure she can keep her boy.


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