BATMAN #509

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: KnightsEnd, Part One: Spirit of the Bat STORY ARC: Knightsend RELEASE DATE: May, 1994 COVER DATE: July, 1994 WRITER: Doug Moench ARTIST: Mike Manley INKER: Dick Giordano COLORS: Adrienne Roy LETTERS: Ken Bruzenak EDITORS: Jordan B Gorfinkel; Dennis 'Denny' O'Neil COVER: John Beatty; Kelley Jones PRICE: $1.50 U.S. CHARACTERS: Bruce Wayne; Lady Shiva; Robin (Tim Drake); Batman (Jean Paul Valley) PLOT: Bruce Wayne contacted Lady Shiva. She agreed to get him back into shape. She killed one of the deadliest masters in martial arts wearing a bat mask. After two weeks of training, Bruce finally got a strike in on Shiva. She gave him her bat mask and told him where to go. Each of the master's trainees unknowingly were now after Bruce (knowing only their master was slain by the wearer of the mask). The first attacked with chains; Wayne defeated him. Shiva finished him when Bruce refused to. Under Robin's surveillance, Jean Paul continued to spiral downward. Stopping some gun runners, Az-Bat recovered LeHah's medallion of St. Dumas. Bruce defeated another master.

Continued From Robin #7 Continued In Shadow of the Bat #29

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SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING: Knightquest: The Crusade Knightquest: The Search Knightfall Prodgial Troika