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Issue Details

Issue #844
Published July 2008
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Marts; Jeanine Schaefer (associate)

Cover Details

Characters Zatanna Zatara; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dustin Nguyen
Inks Dustin Nguyen
Colors Dustin Nguyen

22 page Batman story "Curtains"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Zatanna Zatara; Johnny Sabatino (villain); Ventriloquist [Sugar; aka Peyton Riley] (origin; villain); Scarface (villain); Ventriloquist [Arnold Wesker] (villain; flashback; death); Moose (villain); Rhino (villain; flashback); Joker (villain; flashback; cameo); Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel] (villain; flashback; cameo); Sean Riley (villain; flashback; death)
Synopsis Batman and Zatanna struggle against the combined threat of Scarface and the new Ventriloquist as the villains attempt to take out an entire Gotham crime family. Plus, more on the origin of the Ventriloquist! [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Paul Dini
Pencils Dustin Nguyen
Inks Derek Fridolfs
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Sal Cipriano

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 112; Jim Mooney 1919-2008"

Characters Supergirl
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Jim Mooney; ?
Notes Paul Levitz tribute to Jim Mooney. Hot list - RANN/THANAGAR HOLY WAR #1, SALVATION RUN #7 and THE WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #1. House ad for DETECTIVE COMICS #845.