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BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #39
Cover Date: June 1995
Cover Price: $1.95
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Cover Credits:
Art: Brian Stelfreeze (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Alan Grant |
| Pencils | Kevin Walker |
| Inks | Curt Shoultz, Frank McLaughlin |
| Colors | Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Editing | Dennis O'Neil |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (last in Batman Vol. 1 #519; next in Detective Comics #687)
Supporting Character(s):
- Stan Kitch (last in Detective Comics #685; next in Batman Chronicles #2)
- Renée Montoya (in between Detective Comics #686 and #687)
- Harvey Bullock (in between Detective Comics #686 and #687)
- Mackenzie Bock (in between Detective Comics #686 and #689)
- Sarah Essen-Gordon (in between Detective Comics #686 and #687)
- James Gordon (last in Batman Vol. 1 #519; next in Detective Comics #687)
Villain(s):
- Solomon Grundy (last in Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #4/3; also in flashback as Cyrus Gold in 1895; next in Starman Vol. 2 #10)
Other Character(s):
- Rachel Rykel (a prostitute; in flashback in 1895)
- Jem (Rachel's pimp; in flashback in 1895)
- Karin Rykel (Slaughter Swamp guide; dies)
- Billy (a child)
Synopsis: - Somehow, Solomon Grundy has re-awoken in Slaughter Swamp, and goes on a rampage, killing numerous people including ranger and guide Karin Rykel, a descendant of a woman who betrayed him in his mortal form. Batman helps to fight him off for the time being, but the death-toll is still high.