| Issue | #8 |
| Published | January 2004 |
| Cover Price | $2.25 |
| Pages | 44 |
| Editing | Joan Hilty; Harvey Richards (Assistant Editor) |
| Characters | Batman; Black Mask |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Kelsey Shannon |
| Inks | Kelsey Shannon |
| Characters | Batman (also appears as "Matches" Malone); Black Mask; Phantasm; Eel O'Brian; Alfred Pennyworth; Dr. Leslie Thompkins; Charlotte Reade; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Red Hood |
| Synopsis | The showdown between Batman and Black Mask spills over to affect everyone around them. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Dan Slott |
| Pencils | Rick Burchett |
| Inks | Terry Beatty |
| Colors | Lee Loughridge |
| Letters | Jared K. Fletcher |
| Characters | Batman (also appears as "Matches" Malone); Dapper Hoyt; Cricket Zachs |
| Synopsis | Origin of Batman's "Matches" Malone identity. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ty Templeton |
| Pencils | Rick Burchett |
| Inks | Terry Beatty |
| Colors | Zylonol |
| Letters | Jared K. Fletcher |