Issue Description

The Scarecrow has busted out of Arkham and has a new crop of zombie student thugs under his control including the son of Paul Herold, who he killed. Jean Paul Valley, Batman takes down some street thugs and strikes a little more fear into them than Bruce Wayne might. He then rushes off to the university where Bullock and Montoya are gathering information about the Scarecrow. Batman saves them from a booby trapped VHS tape bomb while the Scarecrow readies his plans.

Meanwhile Anarky takes on the Anti-Batz motorcycle gang.

The origin of the Scarecrow is explored, his love of frightening birds and reading books. Eventually he became a psychology professor and decided to take up a life of crime to get cash and show his peers he deserves respect. He carried out a hit on Paul Herold on behalf of a man named Kendrick while Herold's young son watched. His son, now in college is now tortured under Scarecrow's control.

Scarecrow's thugs set off fear gas into ventilation systems around the city, setting off widespread panic. Anarky takes down one of the Scarecrows and snaps him out of his spell while Batman deals with crowd control. Scarecrow creates a giant projection of himself in the Gotham sky proclaiming himself the city's new god of fear.

Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Batman: Shadow of the Bat, was first published in June of 1992, running 94 issues plus a #0 issue and #1000000 issue until it was canceled in February of 2000. It was quickly replaced by Gotham Knights.

Started as a showcase for Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, (and after a short time just Grant). Once Grant was no longer on the title, the creative teams changed for just about every story arc.

For the most part each arc was intended to be self- contained within the Shadow of the Bat series, though much of the book was eventually just used as part of Bat-Family crossovers such as Knightfall and No Man's Land.

Brian Stelfreeze provided covers for much of the run.

Annuals

Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual (#1-5)

Collected Editions

Batman: The Last Arkham (#1-4)

Other Collected Editions

Batman: Knightfall Volume 1: Knightfall (#16-18)Volume 2: Kinghtsquest (#19-20, 24-28)Volume 3: Knightend (#29-30, #32-34)Batman: Prodigal (#32-34)Batman: Contagion (#48-49)Batman: Legacy (#53-54)Batman: Cataclysm (#73-74)Batman: Road To No Man's Land (#75-79)Batman: No Law and New Order (#83)Batman: No Man's LandVolume 1 (#83-86)Volume 2 (#87-88)Volume 3 (#89-92)Volume 4 (#93-94)DC One Million Omnibus (#1000000)

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