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DETECTIVE COMICS #783
Cover Date: August 2003
Cover Price: $2.75
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Cover Credits:
Art: Tim Sale (signed)
Colors: Mark Chiarello
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Credits:
| Story | Paul Bolles |
| Art | Shawn Martinbrough |
| Lettering | Todd Klein |
| Colors | Jason Wright |
| Color separations | Wildstorm FX |
| Associate editing | Michael Wright |
| Editing | Bob Schreck |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
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.
Credits:
| Story | Greg Rucka |
| Art | Klaus Janson |
| Lettering | Clem Robins |
| Colors | Lee 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.