(W) ALAN GRANT, CHUCK DIXON, and PETER MILLIGAN (A) TOM LYLE, NORM BREYFOGLE, JIM APARO, and others (CA) NORM BREYFOGLE
Some of Batman’s most memorable early 1990s adventures are back in this new collection! With the Ghost Dragon gang committing daring warehouse robberies, Batman and Robin chase the gang’s lieutenant Lynx, through the streets. When Robin discovers that an old nemesis—the Ghosts’ dead leader, King Snake—might be alive and out for his head, the stakes only get higher. Plus, Batman travels to Rio de Janeiro to track a serial killer known as the Queen of Hearts and battles through a bizarre dimension known as the Idiot Zone! Collects Batman #466-473 and Detective Comics #639-640.
(W) ALAN GRANT, MARK WAID, and BRIAN AUGUSTYN (A) NORM BREYFOGLE, VAL SEMEIKS, and others (CA) NORM BREYFOGLE
It’s a new collection of tales from the start of the 1990s, including the four-part “The Mud Pack,” a creepy story centered around the villainous Clayface, in which Batman must enlist the help of Etrigan, the Demon! Plus, a new vigilante called Anarky debuts, and Batman attends the funeral of...the Penguin? This volume also includes “Blood Secrets,” a story co-written by comics superstar Mark Waid, with Batman taking on white supremacists. Collects Detective Comics #601-611 and Detective Comics Annual #2.