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Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1

DC · Series began 2009 · May 2009

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Dates

Cover date: May 2009
On sale: March 11, 2009
Pages: 44

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Tony S. Daniel Group Cover

Barcode 76194127792900111
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Tony S. Daniel Nightwing Cover

Barcode 76194127792900121
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Retailer Incentive Sketch Cover
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2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 76194127792900112
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Creators

pencils: Tony S. Daniel, Frank Quitelyinks: Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Floreacolors: Ian Hanninscript: Tony S. Daniel, Dan DiDioletters: Jared K. Fletcher

Stories

A Hostile Takeover · 30 pages
Nightwing calls in a lot of heroes to help try to get control back in Gotham City, but resists the urge to put on the Batman costume. Black Mask breaks a number of villains out of Arkham and recruits them into his gang. Meanwhile, a new Batman appears.

Reprinted in

Batman: Battle for the Cowl (2009), Batman: Battle for the Cowl (2011), Batman: Battle for the Cowl - The Complete Collection (2024)