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Detective Comics #853 (2009) · The Collector

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Detective Comics (1937)
#853

DC Comics#853

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Detective Comics #853

Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Part 2 of 2

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: April 2009
On sale: Apr 22, 2009
Cover price: $3.99
Pages: 52
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Batman discusses his visions with his mother, trying to determine if he's having a dream or if he's really dead.

Andy Kubert Variant Cover

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Credits

Writer: Neil Gaiman
Penciller: Andy Kubert
Inker: Scott Williams
Colorist: Alex Sinclair
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher
Cover: Andy Kubert
Cover colors: Alex Sinclair
Editor: Mike Marts
Assistant editor: Janelle Asselin
Executive editor: Dan DiDio

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