Batman  

       DC  Comics    { July  1993 - October  1993 }   

     ##495  ##499  ##500 [ Standard Cover]

                   Very  Fine  /  Near  Mint

     ## 495    Knightfall - Part VII -"Strange Dead Fellows" 

Continues in Detective Comics #662.

    Writer:   Doug Moench      

    Artists:   Jim Aparo and Bob Wiacek           

    Cover Artist: Kelley Jones                                        

Poison Ivy plots to control Gotham's wealthiest and most influential men, while the Joker and Scarecrow have some fun with Mayor Krol and Gotham's finest.

   ## 499  Knightfall - Part XVII - Venom Connection"    

    Writer:   Doug Moench      

    Artists:   Jim Aparo and Scott Hanna           

    Cover Artist: Kelley Jones                                       

The trail leading to Bane, ends one step before the end. Bruce and Alfred begin their search with an unexpected passenger.  Batman walks away from a fiery fight with the Firefly; The Scarecrow and the Joker watch the news, arguing over what to do with their hostage Mayor Krol, the mayor of Gotham, who is in shock because of Scarecrows Fear Gas; They use the Mayor to lure Batman to the Gotham river tunnels.

Cameo flashback of Jason Todd (Robin).

   ## 500     Knightfall - Part XIX     "Dark  Angel"     

    Writer:   Doug Moench      

    Artists:   Jim Aparo, Terry Austin

                  and Mike Manley           

    Cover Artist: Kelley Jones                                         

The Bane/Batman confrontation comes to an end.  The concluding chapter of KnightFall finds Batman (Jean-Paul Valley) determined to break Bane the way the villain broke his predecessor in "Dark Angel."

Nightwing cameo.

   Bruce Wayne 

   Jean-Paul  Valley - Batman    

   Alfred Pennyworth

   Commissioner Jim Gordon     

   Sarah Essen       

   Harvey Bullock      

   Shondra  Kinsolving

   Lucius  Fox     Harold  Allnut    

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    Bane

    Pamela Isley  -  Poison Ivy

    Jonathan Crane  -  Scarecrow

    The Joker   

   ## 499

    Bane

    Barbara Gordon  -  Oracle

    Selina Kyle  -  Catwoman

    Tim Drake  -  Robin  

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    Bane

    Dick Grayson  -  Nightwing

     Tim Drake  -Robin