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BATMAN #445
Cover Date: March 1990
Cover Price: $1.00
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Cover Credits:
Art: Brian Bolland (signed)
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Credits:
Story | Marv Wolfman |
Pencils | Jim Aparo |
Inks | Mike DeCarlo |
Lettering | John Costanza |
Colors | Adrienne Roy |
Associate editing | Dan Raspler |
Editing | Dennis O'Neil |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (last in Detective Comics #611)
Supporting Character(s):
- James Gordon (in between Detective Comics #610 and #614)
- Alfred Pennyworth (last in issue #443; next in Detective Comics #613)
- Tim Drake (next in New Titans #64)
- Vicki Vale (last in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #26)
Villain(s):
- Slasher (first appearance)
- NKVDemon (Gregor Dosynski; first appearance)
- Nikolay (first appearance; an associate of the 'Demon)
- Yakov (first appearance; an associate of the 'Demon)
Other Character(s):
- Nikita Krakov (first appearance; Moscow police detective)
- Dmitri (first appearance; Moscow police officer)
- Yuri Gregaroff (first appearance; Politburo member, deceased)
- Mr Kesegan (first appearance; Soviet diplomat)
- Vasily and Marsala Ramenki (first appearance of both; both die)
- Ivana and Hasek Ramenki (first appearance; their children)
- Anna Petrova (first appearance; from the Bureau of Economic Development)
- Boris (first appearance; her aide)
- Rebecca Curley (first appearance; a new girl at Tim Drake's school)
Comment(s):
- Continues in the next issue
Synopsis: - Batman travels to the Soviet Union to track down the NKVDemon, a follower of the KGBeast who has a hit list of ten men that he believes have betrayed what the USSR stands for. Batman co-operates with Muscovite detective Nikita Krakov, while as Bruce Wayne he investigates opportunities for WayneTech and bumps into Vicki Vale. Before long, he has an inconclusive encounter with the NKVDemon.