Batman Secret Files

    (DC, 1997)
™ and ©1997 DC Comics

Batman, who started as a lone, obsessed vigilante seeking to avenge his parent’s deaths, has accumulated a vast collection of allies, villains, and paraphernalia in his long career. After such a length of time, it becomes necessary to decide what has an official sanction and what is best left forgotten. To that end, DC has published a series of Secret Files titles to delineate and stipulate the facts about their most enduring characters.

The stories in Batman Secret Files range from a powerful character study, detailing Batman’s origin and motivation, to a small vignette that explains how Batman finances all of his marvelous equipment. A clever element in these titles is an interview with a central character as if it were a feature in a slick magazine. Both Bruce Wayne and Alfred are “interviewed” and the resulting “articles” are fun and enlightening. Also featured is a timeline that presents significant events in Batman’s history.

— George Haberberger
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#1

October, 1997
Cover Price: $4.95
13 copies available from $1.99 		Chuck Dixon, Devin Grayson, Doug Moench, Graham Nolan, Kelley Puckett, Scott BeattyBrian Apthorp, Gary Frank, Graham Nolan, Jim Aparo, Jim Balent, Lee Weeks, Mark Buckingham, Roger Robinson, Scott McDaniel, Staz Johnson, Stefano Raffaele