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Batman: Strange Apparitions #[nn]

DC · 1999 [January 2000] · on sale 1999-11-24

First appearance: HarlequinOrigin: Doctor Phosphorus
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Identification plate

Series
Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series)
Issue
#[nn]
Publication date
1999 [January 2000]
Key date
2000-01-00
On-sale date
1999-11-24
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$12.95; 20.00 CAD
Pages
180
Barcode
76194121754300111
ISBN
1-56389-500-5

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Harlequin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Doctor Phosphorus, Dr. Alex Sartorius.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Lee LoughridgeBatman, Hugo Strange, Bruce Wayne
1Batman: Strange Apparitionscredits, title page1pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall RogersJoker
2Table of Contentstable of contents1pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al MilgromBatman, Bruce Wayne
3Introductionforeword, introduction, preface, afterword2script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers, Walter Simonson; inks: Terry Austin, Al Milgrom; colors: Marshall Rogers, Jerry SerpeDoctor Phosphorus, Joker, Dr. Alex Sartorius, Hugo Strange, Rupert Thorne
4...By Death's Eerie Light!comic story11script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben OdaBatman, Doctor Phosphorus Origin, Commissioner James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, Dr. Alex Sartorius Origin, Bruce Wayne
5The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus!comic story6script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: John WorkmanDoctor Phosphorus, Dr. Alex Sartorius, Rupert Thorne
6The Master Plan of Dr. Phosphorus!comic story17script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben OdaBatman, Doctor Phosphorus, Commissioner James Gordon, Chief O'Hara, Alfred Pennyworth, Dr. Alex Sartorius, Silver St. Cloud, Rupert Thorne, Bruce Wayne
7The Dead Yet Livecomic story17script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: John WorkmanBatman, Joe Chill, Doctor Phosphorus, Alfred Pennyworth, Dr. Alex Sartorius, Silver St. Cloud, Hugo Strange, Rupert Thorne, Bruce Wayne, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne
8I Am the Batman!comic story17script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: John WorkmanOswald Cobblepot, Dick Grayson, Joker, Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth, Robin, Silver St. Cloud, Hugo Strange, Rupert Thorne, Bruce Wayne
9The Malay Penguin!comic story17script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Milt SnapinnBatman, Oswald Cobblepot, Dick Grayson, Joker, Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth, Robin, Silver St. Cloud, Hugo Strange, Rupert Thorne, Bruce Wayne
10The Deadshot Ricochetcomic story17script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben OdaBatman, Oswald Cobblepot, Deadshot, Duela Dent, Dick Grayson, Harlequin First, Joker, Floyd Lawton, Penguin, Robin, Silver St. Cloud, Hugo Strange, Rupert Thorne, Donna Troy
11The Laughing Fish!comic story17script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben OdaBatman, Commissioner James Gordon, Joker, Silver St. Cloud, Rupert Thorne, Bruce Wayne
12Sign of the Joker!comic story17script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Milton SnapinnBatman, Commissioner James Gordon, Joker, Chief O'Hara, Silver St. Cloud, Hugo Strange, Rupert Thorne, Bruce Wayne
13The Coming of... Clayface III!comic story17script: Len Wein; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben OdaBatman, Clayface, Commissioner James Gordon, Matt Hagen, Preston Payne, Alfred Pennyworth, Silver St. Cloud, Bruce Wayne, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne
14If a Man Be Made of Clay...!comic story17script: Len Wein; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Marshall Rogers; letters: Ben OdaBatman, Clayface, Commissioner James Gordon, Selina Kyle, Preston Payne, Silver St. Cloud, Bruce Wayne
15They Are the Deadliest of Enemiesillustration1pencils: Marshall Rogers, Walter Simonson; inks: Terry Austin, Al Milgrom, Dick GiordanoClayface, Oswald Cobblepot, Deadshot, Doctor Phosphorus, Joker, Floyd Lawton, Preston Payne, Penguin, Dr. Alex Sartorius, Hugo Strange, Rupert Thorne

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