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BATMAN #496
Cover Date: Early July 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
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Cover Credits:
Art: Kelley Jones (signed)
Colors: Bob LeRose
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Credits:
| Story | Doug Moench |
| Pencils | Jim Aparo |
| Inks | Josef Rubinstein |
| Lettering | Richard Starkings |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | Dennis O'Neil |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (last in flashback in Showcase '93 #8; next in Detective Comics #663)
Supporting Character(s):
- Armand Krol (next in Detective Comics #663)
- Harvey Bullock (in between Detective Comics #662 and #663)
- Renée Montoya (in between Detective Comics #662 and #663)
- James Gordon (last in flashback in Showcase '93 #7; next in Detective Comics #663)
- Alfred Pennyworth (last in flashback in Showcase '93 #8; next in Detective Comics #663)
- Robin III (last in flashback in Showcase '93 #8)
Villain(s):
- Joker (next in Detective Comics #664)
- Scarecrow (next in Detective Comics #664)
- Bane (next in Detective Comics #663)
- Bird (next in Detective Comics #663)
- Trogg (next in Detective Comics #663)
- Zombie (next in Detective Comics #663)
Other Character(s):
- Gina Scoval (of Gotham-Eye News)
Comment(s):
- Story continues in Detective Comics #663.
Solicitation:
- "Knightfall" part 9, continued from DETECTIVE COMICS #662. Straight after his battle with Firefly, Batman gets lured into a trap planned by the Joker and Scarecrow, who use a captured Mayor Krol as bait! Continued in DETECTIVE COMICS #663.
Synopsis: - The Joker and Scarecrow take Mayor Krol to the Gotham River Tunnel, and once inside cause chaos and carnage in order to lure Batman to their location. When doused with Scarecrow's gas, Batman sees visions of Jason Todd's death and is roused to anger rather than fear. The villains cause the tunnel to collapse, forcing Batman to let them escape while he tries to save the mayor from a watery death.