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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published March 2005
Cover Price $2.95/$4.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Eddie Berganza; Tom Palmer, Jr. (associate)

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Batman; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Ra's Al Ghul
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carlos Pacheco
Inks Carlos Merino
Colors Laura Martin [Laura DePuy]

22 page Superman; Batman story Absolute Power, Part 4 of 5: "A World Without Batman..."

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sgt. Rock; Easy Company [Ice Cream Soldier; Bulldozer]; The Haunted Tank; Blackhawks [Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Lady Blackhawk [Zinda Blake]]; JLA [Justice League; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]; Lois Lane; Thomas Wayne; Alfred Pennyworth; Tommy Elliot; Ra's Al Ghul; Kobra; Lightning Lord [Mekt Ranzz]; Cosmic King [Laevar Bolto]; Saturn Queen [Eve Aries]; Beauty Blaze; Echo
Synopsis In Part 4 of the 5-part “Absolute Power,” Superman finds himself in a world without a Batman! What happened to Bruce Wayne? And how do Ra's Al Ghul, Sgt. Rock & Easy Company, and The Haunted Tank all fit into this? [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Jeph Loeb
Pencils Carlos Pacheco
Inks Carlos Merino
Colors Laura Martin [Laura DePuy]; (special thanks to Larry Molinar)
Letters Richard Starkings
Reprinted in Superman / Batman: Absolute Power (DC, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Superman / Batman: Absolute Power (DC, 2006 series) #[nn]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "DC in Demand"

Letters Typeset
Notes DC house ads for January 2005.