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Batman 590

BATMAN #590

Cover Date: June 2001
Cover Price: $2.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Scott McDaniel (signed)
Colors: Patrick Martin


Story: "Close Before Striking, Act Three" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBrian K. Vaughan
PencilsScott McDaniel
InksKarl Story
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsRoberta Tewes
Color separationsWildstorm FX
EditingBob Schreck

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Oracle
Nightwing II
Fiona

Villain(s):

Ventriloquist
Scarface
Paulie (first appearance; one of the Ventriloquist's henchmen)

Other Character(s):

Harry (bartender at The Ales of Justice)

Synopsis:

Scarface and the Ventriloquist hide from the Batman who is tearing through their operations in a violent manner. This worries Nightwing, who thinks the death of one of Batman's alter egos has affected the man for the worse psychologically; he fears that Batman may be becoming Matches. Batman then closes in on Scarface and the Ventriloquist, and confronts them first as the vigilante and then as Matches himself. He comes so close to killing the Ventriloquist, but is jogged into sanity by seeing the note scrawled in Malone's matchbook - 'Remember who you are.' He still kills Matches' killer, but does so by burning the Scarface dummy (to the Ventriloquist's horror) rather than shooting its operator.


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