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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401216405
ISBN: 1401216404
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: February 06, 2008
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: February 06, 2008
Sales Rank: 597881
Studio: DC Comics
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
From writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: THE LAST MAN, EX MACHINA, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD) comes this set of super-hero tales collected for the first time.Batman faces the ventriloquists dummy-come-to-life known as Scarface in this exciting graphic novel.Things get a little strange along the way as Batman also fights the hoodlum known as Matches Malonewho was seen previously as one of Batmans own aliases.Another of Gotham Citys villains, Clayface, battles Wonder Woman in a related story that features appearances by Batman foes Man-Bat and the Mad Hatter, with the help of the Teen Titans own Donna Troy.
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DC was definitely aiming to please Brian K. Vaughan's huge (and growing) fanbase when they put out this hardcover collection of Vaughan's old runs on Batman and his two issues on Wonder Woman. As Vaughan's introduction, which is a great read in itself, tells us, each of these stories are connected because they deal with identity. The theme is strong in the earlier stories in the volume and... well, I'll tell you a bit about each story.
+ Batman: Close Before Striking- The Batman/Matches ... Read More
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While this Brian K. Vaughan collection is marketed as a Batman book, it actually contains three Batman stories and one two-part Wonder Woman story. While the two characters are shown together on the cover, they never actually "team up" in any of the collected stories (Wonder Woman does face off against a Batman villain, Clayface). While Vaughan fans will snap this book of his early super-hero stories up, Batman fans will be left feeling like victims of false marketing.
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Ah, this book is labelled as a Batman book. It features the origins of Matches Malone - Batman's underworld alter ego - in a well executed tale to the Batman Canon - but (WARNING) it also features 2 issues from a Wonder Woman comic with Clayface without Batman (the only relevance being that Clayface was an old Batman villain.) What gives?? Brian K. Vaughn is a good writer, but sticking Wonder Woman in this compilation was a serious if misleading editorial move - since the cover would make it seem that ... Read More
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