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30 Days of The Gotham Rogues Challenge!
Day 10: Favorite Batman/Gotham Comic Story Arc
The original Dark Detective saga (AKA Batman: Strange Apparitions and Shadow of the Batman), from Detective Comics #469-479, by Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, and Terry Austin, with additional material by Walt Simonson, Al Milgrom, and Len Wein.
Marshall Rogers' covers for Shadow of the Batman, a 1985 reprint of classic storyline by Steve Englehart w/ Len Wein.
Scans from comc.com and pencilink.com.
Of the eight times that Hugo Strange has died (seriously, eight: I counted!), this is by far the best, as it single-handed upgraded Hugo from "evil genius madman" to full-blown "awesome complex arch-villain" territory.
God damn but the entire Englehart/Rogers run is just so brilliant, and for more than just the Laughing Fish storyline. I wish it were available in affordable trade so that I could recommend it to every single Batman fan out there.
Two-Face: Part One
