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Issue Details

Issue #556
Published November 1985
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Nocturna
Genre superhero
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Dick Giordano

16 page Batman story "The Bleeding Night"

Characters FEATURE: Batman; GUESTS: Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; VILLAINS: Nocturna; Nightslayer
Synopsis At the request of Robin, Bullock lets Nocturna go. Nocturna gains control of the False Face Society as Nightslayer continues to murder its members. Batman learns of Nocturna's return and pays her a visit at the observatory. Red rain poors as a result of the ongoing Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Genre superhero
Script Doug Moench
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Bob Smith
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters John Workman
Notes Continued from Batman #389. Continued in Batman #390.

7 page Green Arrow story "Zen and the Art of Dying"

Characters Green Arrow; Onyx
Synopsis Onyx finds Green Arrow and informs him of Lars' plot to take control of the monastery away from the Exalted Master.
Genre superhero
Script Joey Cavalieri
Pencils Jerome Moore
Inks Bruce Patterson
Colors Jeanine Casey
Letters Bob Lappan