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Cover: Norm Breyfogle

Batman #459

Feb 1991 · DC · 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
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“Saturday Night at the Movies”

In "Saturday Night at the Movies," Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle deliver a grounded, emotionally charged tale as Batman shadows a drug dealer during a quiet Saturday night, only to collide with a tense confrontation at the theater exit—interrupting a family’s outing and stirring long-buried memories of the Waynes’ death. With the city lights flickering behind them and the echoes of a past tragedy lingering, the story weaves a quiet intensity through the familiar streets of Gotham, all rendered in Breyfogle’s sharp, atmospheric art and Roy’s subtle coloring.

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writer Alan Grant · artist Norm Breyfogle · inker Steve Mitchell · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Todd Klein · cover Norm Breyfogle

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writer Alan Grant
colorist Adrienne Roy
letterer Todd Klein
cover pencils, inks Norm Breyfogle

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While Commissioner Gordon and Sarah Essen re-kindle their romance on a Saturday night at the movies, Batman tracks a drug dealer, leading to a confrontation with a gunman and a young family coming from the movie theater, which triggers memories of the death of the Waynes.

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