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Batman: Gotham Knights 17

BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #17

Cover Date: July 2001
Cover Price: $2.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Brian Bolland (signed)


Story: "Matatoa, Part 2" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDevin K. Grayson
PencilsRoger Robinson
InksJohn Floyd
LetteringBill Oakley
ColorsRob Schwager
Color separationsRob Schwager
EditingNachie Castro, Bob Schreck

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Nightwing II
Oracle

Villain(s):

Matatoa (also in flashback preceding issue #16)

Synopsis:

Nightwing tells Batman of his developing relationship with Oracle while Matatoa escapes from Arkham, where Nightwing had taken him. Batman and Nightwing catch up with him at a construction site, where Batman refuses to give in to his offer of giving Mataoa his own life so that his city can be protected forever. The battle over, and Mataoa missing, presumed not dead, Nightwing wonders how tempting this offer was to Batman, who reveals that he knows Gotham will be protected after he dies, by Nightwing. He also produces a certificate that will make Dick Grayson the lawful son and heir of Bruce Wayne, making their family bond official.


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Story: "A Moment in the Light" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Kelly
ArtAron Wiesenfeld
LetteringJack Morelli
EditingMark Chiarello

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Alfred Pennyworth

Synopsis:

At a meditation class, Bruce Wayne uses the exercises as an opportunity to think through some problems and to recall to mind some things he had forgotten, though of course outwardly he maintains his ineffectual playboy guise.


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