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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1989
Frequency annually
Cover Price 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD; 0.80 GBP
Pages 68
Editing Mark Waid

Cover Details - "Gotham City's Vilest Villains!"

Characters Batman (shadow); Riddler; Penguin; Two-Face
Genre superhero
Pencils Brian Bolland
Inks Brian Bolland
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC, 1995 series) #nn

11 page Batman story "Original Sins"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Steve Jones (first appearance); Joker (cameo); John Constantine (cameo)
Synopsis Batman tried to stop a production of a documentary film that portrays the human side of Gotham City's villains.
Genre superhero
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils Mike Hoffman
Inks Kevin Nowlan
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Todd Klein
Notes First 8 pages precede the next sequence (Penguin story); final 3 pages follow the last indexed sequence (Riddler story)
Reprinted in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC 1995 series) #nn; in Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]; in Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

18 page Penguin story "The Killing Peck"

Characters Penguin (Origin); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Jim Gordon
Synopsis The Penguin springs a criminal from prison transport to exact revenge for childhood bullying.
Genre superhero
Script Alan Grant
Pencils Sam Kieth
Inks Sam Kieth
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Reprinted in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC 1995 series) #nn

10 page Riddler story "When is a Door...?"

Characters Riddler (Origin); Steve Jones
Synopsis Steve Jones and his film crew interview the Riddler about his beginnings in the giant prop warehouse.
Genre superhero
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils Bernie Mireault [as BEM]
Inks Matt Wagner
Colors Joe Matt
Letters Bernie Mireault [as ABCD]
Notes a somewhat goofy version.
Reprinted in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC 1995 series) #nn; in Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]; in Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

16 page Two-Face story "Some people go to the beach to forget their problems."

Characters Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (Origin); Grace Dent; Steve Jones; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo)
Synopsis Grace Dent tells the origin of Two-Face to interviewer Steve Jones.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Verheiden
Pencils Pat Broderick
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Agustin Mas
Reprinted in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC, 1995 series) #nn; in Batman Versus Two-Face (DC, 2008 series) #nn