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Cover of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #53
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CATALOG RECORD

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #53

DC · Series began 1992 · Late October 1993

Dates

Cover date
Late October 1993
On sale
September 2, 1993
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #53 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07098931014842

    This edition’s page

Story arc: Tao

This is part 2 of 2. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #52
  2. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #53

Creators

pencils: Arthur Ransoninks: Arthur Ransonscript: Alan Grant, Bill Kaplancolors: Digital Chameleonletters: Willie Schubert

Stories

  • Tao: Part Two: Dragon · 24 pages

    Batman finishes his battle with H'Sien-tan, the Dragon, defeating him and causing him to commit suicide.

Publisher’s description

The rivalry between Batman and the martial arts assassin Dragon becomes a duel to the death as Dragon moves to slay his target in Gotham City's Chinatown.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatman

Reprinted in

Batman: Dark Legends (1996), Batman International (2010)

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