Released December 1995
Batman Annual #20
Key Issue
Synopsis
FABLES OF THE BAT-MAN In the future, set in a domed city ruled by a government that mind-controls its citizens on an unnamed planet, an old man spins tales for a group of children who are unwittingly being groomed for re-education. The fables revolve around the mythological "Bat-Man," who resided on the once-thriving planet Earth, each story coming with a special moral imparted by the old man to the children as a way of subtly warn them against their own government's sinister plans. The stories he tells, and the morals they impart, follow in this order: 1.) The Mad Jester, AKA the Majister, a techno-wizard cross between the Joker and the Mad Hatter who uses the populace's hologram entertainment to brainwash people into hysterical laughter, leaving them open to being robbed and murdered. The...
Synopsis
FABLES OF THE BAT-MAN In the future, set in a domed city ruled by a government that mind-controls its citizens on an unnamed planet, an old man spins tales for a group of children who are unwittingly being groomed for re-education. The fables revolve around the mythological "Bat-Man," who resided on the once-thriving planet Earth, each story coming with a special moral imparted by the old man to the children as a way of subtly warn them against their own government's sinister plans. The stories he tells, and the morals they impart, follow in this order: 1.) The Mad Jester, AKA the Majister, a techno-wizard cross between the Joker and the Mad Hatter who uses the populace's hologram entertainment to brainwash people into hysterical laughter, leaving them open to being robbed and murdered. The...
Key Facts
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Details
- Series
- Batman Annual
- Cover Date
- December 1995
- Pages
- N/A
- UPC
- N/A
- Cover Price
- $2.95
- Final Order Cutoff
- N/A
Creators
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WriterDoug Moench
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ArtistVince Giarrano
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Cover ArtistVince Giarrano
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ColoristPat Garrahy
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LettererTim Harkins