Dates
- Cover date
- Fall 1996
- On sale
- August 21, 1996
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #6 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098930871863
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Creators
Stories
- Choices · Batman · 18 pages
Batman reads a story about Ra's al Ghul, set in the 1560's.
- Shadow Job · 10 pages
A story set during Bruce Wayne's formative years. Bruce, disguised as Frank Dixon, gets some detective training from private eye Dan Mallory.
- Cityscape · Robin · 10 pages
Robin reads a journal that tells the true tale of how Gotham got its name and that it began as an insane asylum.
Publisher’s description
An ancient journal reveals to Batman the tale of a mysterious immortal who has clashed with Ra's al Ghul repeatedly through the centuries. Then, at the dawn of his career, before his return to Gotham City, Bruce Wayne learns an important final lesson from a master detective. Lastly, in a story set in Colonial times, the circumstances surrounding the founding of Gotham City are revealed.
Reprinted in
DC Comics Presents: Batman: Arkham (2011)