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Detective Comics #653
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Batman and the Huntress stand back-to-back on a Gotham rooftop, surrounded by a ring of leveled gun barrels — a tense standoff rendered with striking confidence by cover penciler Travis Charest and inker Ray McCarthy. Huntress grips her crossbow, ready to fire, while Batman's cape billows behind them both against a vivid purple and magenta sky. Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan's "The Serpent Pit" promises exactly the kind of street-level, high-stakes Gotham adventure this November 1992 issue delivers right from its cover.
writer Chuck Dixon · artist Graham Nolan · inker Scott Hanna · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer John Costanza · cover Travis Charest, Ray McCarthy
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CGC 9.8 · 26 in census $61*
CGC 9.6 · 9 in census $30*
CGC 9.4 · 5 in census $30*
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CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $30*
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $30*
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writer Chuck Dixon
artist Graham Nolan
inker Scott Hanna
colorist Adrienne Roy
letterer John Costanza
cover pencils Travis Charest
cover inks Ray McCarthy
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Reprinted in Batman #56 (1993), DC 2000 #59 (1994), Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #8 (2024)
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