BATMAN #533

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: Prelude: Twelve Steps to the Heart of Hell STORY ARC: Legacy RELEASE DATE: June, 1996 COVER DATE: August, 1996 WRITER: Doug Moench ARTIST: Jim Aparo INKER: Bill Sienkiewicz COLORS: Gregory Wright LETTERS: Todd Klein EDITORS: Dennis 'Denny' O'Neil COVER: Kelley Jones PRICE: $1.95 U.S./$2.75 Canada CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Tim Drake); Nightwing (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon; Huntress (Helena Bertinelli); Harvey Bullock; Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) PLOT: Prelude to the Legacy arc. Batman, Robin, and Nightwing track the plague to the Sudanese desert and run into an old enemy... Batman, Nightwing, and Robin landed in the desert and found the entrance point Azrael described. After taking out the guards, Batman found what appeared to be a map, and guided through the maze. At the end of the tunnel, they were met by three shadows.

Continued From Shadow of the Bat #53 Continued In Detective Comics #700

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SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING: Contagion