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Batman Chronicles 21

BATMAN CHRONICLES #21

Cover Date: Summer 2000
Cover Price: $2.95

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Cover Credits:
Art: Pander Brothers (Signed)
Colors: Lee Loughridge
Color Separations: Lee Loughridge


Story: "Apocalypse Girl" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPander Bros.
ArtPander Bros.
LetteringKen Lopez
ColorsLee Loughridge

Feature Character(s):

Zia (first appearance; from negative matter earth 14Q3X-9; accidentally travels to a positive matter universe)
Batman (Bruce; first appearance; of a second alternate universe where he has become a media icon, widely merchandised)

Supporting Character(s):

Mimmi (first appearance; Zia's best friend)
Zia's mother and father (first appearance for both)
Alfred (first appearance; from second alternate universe)

Other Character(s):

Warp (first appearance; Batman fan "club kid" of second alternate universe; dies)

Location(s):

Earth 14Q3X-9 (a negative matter universe)
Gotham City of an unnamed alternate universe (first appearance)


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Second Story: "Citizen Wayne" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBrian Michael Bendis
ArtMichael Gaydos
InksPhyllis Novin
LetteringJanice Chiang
ColorsPatricia Mulvihill

Feature Character(s):

Mister Kent (first appearance; a reporter researching the late Bruce Foster Wayne's final word)
Bruce Foster Wayne (no actual appearance; deceased)

Supporting Character(s):

Selina Kyle (first appearance; washed-up singer and former criminal)
Grayson (first appearance; Chairman of the Board of Wayne Enterprises)
Commissioner (first appearance; retired and in an old folks home)
Jack (first appearance; Joker-like inmate in an insane asylum)
Alfred (first appearance; relates the meaning of Wayne's final word)

Comment(s):

"Rosebud" was engraved on the side of the gun that killed Wayne's parents.
This story follows the story of the movie Citizen Kane.


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Third Story: "A Silent Tale of the Bat" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJordan B. Gorfinkel
PencilsDick Giordano
InksJoe Rubinstein
ColorsCarla Feeny

Feature Character(s):

A young boy (moving into adulthood; becomes a young Batman)

Supporting Character(s):

The Boy's Bat-parents (in a world of Batmen and Batwomen; both die)

Villain(s):

The Killer (first appearance; ceremoniously kills the Boy's Bat-Parents)

Comment(s):

This is a silent story.


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