Detective Comics #550
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Spider's Ninth Leg!", Batman tracks a cunning criminal across Gotham’s rooftops, unraveling the man’s life through nine pivotal moments that may hold the key to stopping him. Written by Doug Moench and illustrated by Pat Broderick, with inks by Bob Smith and colors by Adrienne Roy, the issue blends psychological suspense with the city’s shadowed streets, while the backup story concludes the Green Arrow/Black Canary tale by Alan Moore. The cover, by Pat Broderick, captures the tension of the chase in stark, dynamic lines.
In "The Spider's Ninth Leg!", Batman's pursuit of a minor criminal unfolds alongside haunting flashbacks that trace his troubled past and the fateful choices that led him down his path. As memories of his youth and the events that shaped him surface, the story builds toward a grim, inevitable conclusion.
In "Night Olympics, Part Two," Black Canary and Green Arrow track a string of increasingly timid crimes, sparking a debate over whether villains have lost their edge—or if something more insidious is at play. Their conversation is cut short when, from a distant rooftop, Black Canary is struck by a sudden arrow.
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Reprinted in Batman Sonderheft #42 (1985), Sorte Fugl #1 (1987), Batman #16 (1988), Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore #[nn] (2003), DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore #[nn] (2006), Grandes Clássicos DC #9 (2006), DC:s universum: klassiska serier av Alan Moore #[nn] (2007), Alan Moore Et univers uten grenser [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] (2007), Green Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or for Worse #[nn] (2007), DC Universe by Alan Moore #[nn] (2012), DC Universe by Alan Moore #[nn] (2013), Green Arrow: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] (2016)
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