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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published December 1985
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.75 USD
Pages 44
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Two Batman Classics"

Characters Batman; Dr. Phosphorus; Rupert Thorne; Silver St. Cloud
Genre superhero
Pencils Marshall Rogers (signed)
Inks Marshall Rogers (signed)
Colors Marshall Rogers
Notes Wrap-around cover.

11 page Batman story "...By Death's Eerie Light!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Dr. Phosphorus (villain)
Synopsis When Alfred collapses, Batman discovers many more people are mysteriously becoming sick. The Dark Knight realizes that the Gotham City water supply has been contaminated, so he goes to the Gotham Reservoir and finds the person responsible for the contamination, Dr. Phosphorus.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Walt Simonson
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Marshall Rogers [as M. Rogers]
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #469 (June 1977) [recolored]

6 page Batman story "The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus"

Characters Dr. Phosphorus; Dr. Bell; Rupert Thorne
Synopsis Dr. Phosphorus visits an old colleague and explains how he became a monster when the reactor core at a nuclear power plant in which they both invested exploded and that he now plans to take his revenge on all those he blames, particularly City Council Chairman Rupert Thorne.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Walt Simonson
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Jerry Serpe
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #469 (June 1977)

17 page Batman story "The Master Plan of Dr. Phosphorus!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Smiley Royal; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Dr. Bell; Dr. Phosphorus (villain); Chief O'Hara; Rupert Thorne; Silver St. Cloud
Synopsis Batman confronts Dr. Phosphorus at the new Gotham City offshore nuclear power plant.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Walt Simonson
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Marshall Rogers
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #470 (July 1977) [recolored]

8 page story "Hell Park"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre Horror
Script J. Marc DeMatteis
Pencils Marshall Rogers
Inks Marshall Rogers
Colors Marshall Rogers
Letters Todd Klein
Editing Paul Levitz
Reprinted from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #274 (November 1978)