Description

Batman / Houdini: The Devil’s Workshop                           Trade Paperback
Writers: Howard Chaykin & John Francis Moore
Artist: Mark Chiarello
Letterer: Ken Bruzenak
Editor: Dennis O’Neil
Cover by: Mark Chiarello

An Elseworlds tale of “A Scientific Romance of Harry Houdini, the Ectoplasmic Man and that Shadowy Avenger, the Bat Man.” Master escape artist, Harry Houdini and the Dark Knight must join forces to do battle with the Clown Prince of Crime… the Joker.

Stories/Spoilers
Gotham City experiences a harsh winter. The dangerous poverty-stricken neighborhood known as “Devil’s Workshop” is hit particularly hard. There is a series of child kidnappings perpetrated by a strange laughing man. Harry Houdini has recently arrived in Gotham on tour. Vicki Vale takes photos of him performing stunts for the press, but he is unhappy with his pageantry. Houdini is aware of the kidnappings and wishes he could use his abilities to help innocents. Bruce Wayne arrives in Gotham with his butler Alfred by train, having returned from a trip to the south. Alfred expresses concern that Bruce’s vigilantism has gone from eccentric to unhealthy. Their train is interrupted by the laughing man, whose cart crashes on the tracks ahead of them. He escapes with one of the children, and bystanders rescue the others before his cart is destroyed by the train. Bruce Wayne leaps off the train to pursue the laughing man as Batman. Police officers assume Batman is the kidnapper and begin shooting at him. The laughing man hits Batman with a hammer and runs into the unfinished subway with his stolen child. Following close behind, Batman discovers an underground room littered with children’s corpses. The laughing man claims to have eaten many of them, and he escapes when police dogs attack Batman. Batman narrowly avoids arrest, and the officers remark that “Gordon’s not gonna like this.” Bruce is shocked to learn that Vicki Vale is publicly blaming Batman in the Gotham Globe.

Trade Paperback is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: DC Comics
Publication Date: 1993
Format: FC, 64 pages, TPB, 10.25″ x 6.5″
ISBN-10: 1563891131
ISBN-13: 9781563891137

Collectible Entertainment note: Trade Paperback is in Very Fine condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Batman collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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