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Issue Details

Issue	#589
Published	May 2001
Cover Price	2.25 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Bob Schreck; Michael Wright (Associate)

Cover Details

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Scott McDaniel
Inks	Scott McDaniel
Colors	Patrick Martin

22 page Batman story "Close Before Striking: Act Two"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Oracle; "Matches" Malone; Ventriloquist
Synopsis	Batman reveals he "borrowed" the "Matches" ID from a supposedly dead arsonist. Finding the dying "Matches" at the bar, Batman slips into that person and sets out to "get" Ventriloquist.
Genre	superhero
Script	Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils	Scott McDaniel
Inks	Karl Story
Colors	Roberta Tewes; Wildstorm F/X (separations)
Letters	John Costanza

1 page letters page "Bat Signals"

12 page advertisement "various"

Synopsis

[inside front] Sprite; [5] Twix; [6] WizardWorld.com; [9] Tobacco Is Whacko (PSA); [13] Tang; [16-17] Sim Coaster; [21] Skittles; [22] Oni (game); [25] Farscape (DVD); [inside back] Starburst; [back] Corn Nuts