Batman: Tales of the Man-Bat


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More feral than ever, Kirk Langstrom has only one consuming wish: to see his family again. A series of brutal murders committed by a winged creature terrorize Gotham City, S.W.A.T. teams mobilize to take down Man-Bat. But behind the true killer’s rampage lie secrets to chill even the blood of Man-Bat...secrets that could cost Langstrom’s wife her very life. Collects SHOWCASE ’94 #11, MAN-BAT #1-3 (1996) and MAN-BAT #1-5 (2006).




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Batman Arkham: Man-Bat


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TERROR IN THE SKY! Dr. Kirk Langstrom was a respected biologist with a specialty in the Family Chiroptera, a.k.a bats. In an attempt to cure his deafness, Langstrom devised a serum to duplicate batsÍ system of echolocation in humans. He tested it on himself, and while his deafness was cured, the serum also transformed his body into a monstrous human/bat hybrid. Each time Batman faces the Man-Bat he doesnÍt know if he is battling a crazed flying monster or a man stuck in an eternal nightmare. What makes matters even worse is that Francine Langstrom, KirkÍs wife, has also been transformed into a human/bat hybrid and now the question remains have LangstromÍs passed their curse on to their children? BATMAN ARKHAM: MAN-BAT collects some of the villain's greatest stories by some of the industry's greatest creators, including Neal Adams (GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW), Steve Ditko (Spider-Man), J. G. Jones (WONDER WOMAN), Gerry Conway (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA), Chuck Dixon (NIGHTWING), Flint Henry (DETECTIVE COMICS) and many more!




Man-Bat


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Batman's ultimate mirror image--Man-Bat--is shown in this mind-bending collection! For years Kirk Langstrom has struggled keeping himself under control. The serum that transformed him into a monstrous alter ego...Man-Bat. But what happens when he finally hits rockbottom...after the most devastating setback he's ever experienced...will he still try to control the beast inside? When he unleashes his anger on every citizen of Gotham--will the combined might of Batman and the GCPD be enough to stop Langstrom once and for all? Or is Man-Bat's devastating reign just starting? Collects Man-Bat #1-5




Man-Bat (2021-2021) #1


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For years Kirk Langstrom has struggled with his monstrous alter ego, Man-Bat, and the serum that transformed him. But he’s finally hit rock bottom following a devastating setback, and he’s going to take his anger out on every single citizen of Gotham City. Will the combined might of Batman and the GCPD be enough to stop Langstrom once and for all? Or will this just be the start of Man-Bat’s devastation?




Man-Bat (1996-) #1


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More feral than ever, the mutated Kirk Langstrom has only one consuming wish--to see his estranged family again. But as a series of brutal murders committed by a winged creature terrorize Gotham's high-rises, S.W.A.T. teams mobilize throughout the city to take down Man-Bat. Gotham's skyline becomes a war zone as the night erupts in a blitzkrieg of bullets, wings and screams, bringing the tortured, increasingly less human Man-Bat into savage conflict with a horrifying new villain, the Roc.ÊBut behind the Roc's rampage lie secrets to chill even the blood of Man-BatÉsecrets that could cost Langstrom's wife, Francine, her very life.




Man-Bat (2021) #5


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Man-Bat has been hunted by the Suicide Squad, beaten to a pulp by Batman, shot at by the police and terrorized by Scarecrow. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! In this explosive conclusion to the tragic tale of Man-Bat, Kirk Langstrom will need to fight off the hordes that hound him, rescue his loved ones from the clutches of a madman, and do it all before the Man-Bat serum coursing through his veins eats him alive from the inside out. Do not miss this epic final act!




Batman


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When young Bruce Wayne finds the living brain of his father stored in a unique chemical compound, he attempts to restore Thomas Wayne to life. But the experiment goes awry and when the fearsome Bat-man is unleashed, only Bruce can set things right - by destroying the creature that was his father.




Tales of the Batman: Don Newton


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For the first time, DC Comics collects the moody Batman stories drawn by comics legend Don Newton! In these tales, Batman revisits the site of his origin story in 'The Curse of Crime Alley,' takes on Maxie Zeus, a crime lord who believes himself to be a god, and wages an epic war on the League of Assassins.




Who's Who Omnibus Vol. 1


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Who’s Who began in 1984 and ran through the 1990s, cataloguing every character, good or evil, in the DC Universe, from Abby Cable to Zymyr and beyond! Illustrated by a wide range of top artists from the Golden Age of comics through the 1980s indie comics scene—including George Pérez, Todd McFarlane, Jim Aparo, Peter Laird, Jack Kirby, and Dick Giordano to name only a few—Who’s Who was a feast for the eyes and the ultimate guide to the denizens of the DC Universe. Now collected for the first time, Who’s Who Omnibus Volume 1 includes the first five years of the expansive series and includes entries from Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #1-26, Who’s Who Update ’87 #1-5, Who’s Who Update ’88 #1-4, and all of the annuals from 1989!