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BATMAN #500 October 1993 [$3.95] Cover Credits: Joe Quesada (pencils; signed, enhanced edition); Kevin Nowlan (inks; signed, enhanced edition); Kelley Jones (pencils, inks; signed, standard edition) Bob LeRose (color)

Story: [Knightfall 19] "Dark Angel" (56 Pages)

Credits: Doug Moench (plot, script); Jim Aparo (pencils); Terry Austin (inks); Mike Manley (pencils, inks); Adrienne Roy (colors); Ken Bruzenak (letters); Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character: Batman II (last in Detective Comics #666; next in Showcase '93 #10); Bruce Wayne (between pages of Justice League Task Force #5)

Supporting Characters: Alfred Pennyworth (between pages of Justice League Task Force #5), Robin III (last in Detective Comics #666; next in Showcase '93 #10), Ariana Dzerchenko (last in Robin III: Cry of the Huntress #6; next in Robin Vol. 2 #1), Stan Kitch (last in Detective Comics #666; next in Batman: Turning Points #4), Harvey Bullock (last in Detective Comics #666; next in Showcase '93 #10), James Gordon (last in Detective Comics #666; next in Batman: Turning Points #4), Armand Krol (last in Detective Comics #663; next in #502), Sarah Essen-Gordon (last in Robin Annual #2; next in Batman: Turning Points #4), Ace (last in ...; next in ...), Harold Allnut (last in ...; next in Detective Comics #676)

Villains: Bane (last in Detective Comics #666; next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #3), Bird, Trogg, Zombie (all three last in Detective Comics #666)

Guest Appearance: Nightwing II (last in ...; next in ...)

Other Character: Talon

Synopsis:

Jean-Paul escapes serious injury when falling from a tall building, and blames the costume for slowing him down in his encounter with Bane. Absorbed in the System, he designs and creates a new one, very different from the classic Batman costume. Meanwhile, Nightwing learns that Bruce has passed the role of Nightwing on to Jean-Paul, and Mayor Krol forbids the police from interfering in any of Batman's activities. Clad in his new costume, Batman heads out for a final confrontation with Bane. Exploiting Bane's dependence on the Venom drug, he is, in time, victorious. At the last moment he pulls back from killing Bane, much to the relief of both Robin and Commissioner Gordon, the latter of whom is beginning to suspect that this isn't the Batman he knows.