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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published Summer 1996
Cover Price $2.95; $4.25 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Darren Vincenzo; Jordan B. Gorfinkel

Cover Details

Characters Batgirl; James Gordon
Genre Superhero
Pencils Howard Chaykin (signed)
Inks Tommy Lee Edwards (signed)
Colors Melissa Edwards; Heroic Age (separations)

Cover Details - "Table of Contents"

Characters Batman; Batgirl
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Wade Von Grawbadger
Letters typeset

18 page Oracle story "Oracle: Year One: Born of Hope"

Characters Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Richard Dragon; James Gordon; Villains: Joker (flashback); Ashley Mavis Powell
Synopsis The origin of Oracle.
Genre Superhero
Script John Ostrander; Kim Yale
Pencils Brian Stelfreeze
Inks Karl Story
Colors Mark Chiarello
Letters John Costanza

10 page James Gordon story "Decoys"

Characters James Gordon; Lt. Paul Pendergast; Sergio D'Gioia
Synopsis A story from when James Gordon was a cop in Chicago.
Genre Superhero; Crime
Script Howard Chaykin; Tommy Lee Edwards
Pencils Tommy Lee Edwards
Inks John Paul Leon
Colors Melissa Edwards
Letters John Workman

10 page Batman story "Of Mice and Men"

Characters Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Alfred Pennyworth
Synopsis A story set during Bruce's younger days, before his parents were murdered.
Genre Superhero
Script Alan Grant
Pencils Scott McDaniel
Inks Ray McCarthy
Colors Roberta Tewes
Letters John Costanza

1 page Watch This Space promo (ad from the publisher) "Watch This Space #13"

Letters typeset
Notes Miscellaneous DC tidbits. DC checklist for comics dated August 1996.

1 page The Batman Chronicles letters page "The Batman Chronicles"

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Notes Letters from readers.