Batman #397 (1986) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Triumph of Two-Face!	cover	1	pencils: Tom Mandrake; inks: Tom Mandrake; colors: Anthony Tollin	Batman, Harvey Dent, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne
1	Binary Brains	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Tom Mandrake; inks: Tom Mandrake; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John Costanza	Batman, Harvey Bullock, Catwoman, Harvey Dent, Lucius Fox, Commissioner James Gordon, Selina Kyle, Robin, Jason Todd, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne
3	Secret of the Temple	comic story	3.5	script: Joe Orlando, Joey Cavalieri; pencils: José Delbo; inks: Pablo Marcos; colors: Shelley Eiber; letters: Agustin Más; editing: Joey Cavalieri	Cliff Dagger, Miles Mayhem, Bruce Sato, Matt Trakker, Scott Trakker
4	-	letters page	2	script: Bob Greenberger; pencils: José Luis García-López

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Batman Arkham: Two-Face #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-5815-3	2016	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Batman: Red Skies #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-273-9	2025	On eBay ›

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