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BATMAN CHRONICLES #6
Cover Date: Fall 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
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Cover Credits:
Art: Michael William Kaluta (signed)
Colors: Gloria Vasquez
Color Separations: Heroic Age
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Credits:
| Story | Mark Nevins |
| Art | Jesse Delperdang, Ray McCarthy, Quique Alcatena |
| Lettering | Ken Lopez |
| Colors | Lee Loughridge |
| Editing | Darren J. Vincenzo, Jordan B. Gorfinkel |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Ra's al Ghul (also in flashback to 1569)
- Blackheart (a conquistador, in flashback to 1565-1569)
- Ubu
Other Character(s):
- Talon (also in flashback to 1565-1569)
- Joma (high priest of the Wayanmede tribe; in flashback to the 1560s; dies along with the rest of his tribe)
Synopsis: - In Istanbul, Batman encounters a number of Ra's al Ghul's followers as well as a man called Talon who claims to have a long-standing feud with the Demon's Head. Batman recovers a book from one of al Ghul's followers which turns out to be Talon's journal from the mid seventeenth century, when he made his way to the new world now known as South America and learned great and powerful magics from a native tribe. He also encountered Ra's al Ghul and his hated enemy, another immortal, Blackheart. The confrontation left the tribe dead, and since then al Ghul has tried to learn the secret of the power Talon will not unleash. When Batman is confronted by both Talon and Ra's after reading the journal, he gives it to Talon and awaits their inevitable next meeting.
Credits:
| Story | Brian Augustyn |
| Art | Dave De'Antiquis |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Kevin Somers |
| Editing | Darren J. Vincenzo, Jordan B. Gorfinkel |
Feature Character(s):
- Dan Mallory (a Chicago-based private detective)
Supporting Character(s):
- Bruce Wayne (under the alias Frank Dixon)
Comment(s):
- This story is set prior to Bruce Wayne donning the Batman costume.
Synopsis: - Dan Mallory and his 'shadow' Frank Dixon track down the kidnappers of a six-year-old girl. Bruce Wayne (Frank's real identity) learns from Dan that sticking to the shadows is often a good idea.
Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | John Dell |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Kevin Somers |
| Editing | Darren J. Vincenzo, Jordan B. Gorfinkel |
Feature Character(s):
- Hiram
Villain(s):
- Epsilah Clevenger
Guest Appearance(s):
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Robin III (last in Detention Comics #1)
Other Character(s):
- Mr Benedict (dies)
Comment(s):
- The bulk of this story is an old journal relating the founding of Gotham City; Robin and Alfred appear in a framing device as Robin reads the journal.
Synopsis: - Robin reads a journal relating what happened when Gotham was first founded. A man named Hiram, accused of a murder by a resident of the whaling settlement Blüdhaven, is tricked by the real killer into shooting his accuser, and then blackmailed into founding a lunatic asylum, to be known as Gotham. Alfred tells Robin that one of the men in the story is one of Bruce Wayne's ancestors, but Bruce will not tell him which one.