Batman: Shadow of the Bat

Batman: Shadow of the Bat
Cover of Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992), art by Norm Breyfogle and Brian Stelfreeze.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	June 1992 – February 2000
No. of issues	96
Main character(s)	Batman
Creative team
Written by	Alan Grant
Artist(s)	Norm Breyfogle Bret Blevins Dave Taylor Mark Buckingham

Batman: Shadow of the Bat is a comic book series featuring Batman, published by DC Comics. The series ran for 96 issues, from 1992 to 2000. The stories took place in Batman's then-current continuity along with Detective Comics and Batman, in contrast to Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, which focused on Batman's early years. Batman: Shadow of the Bat looked into the psyche of the various cast members of the Batman comics. It was also notable for introducing the villain Victor Zsasz into the Batman mythos.

The majority of issues were written by Alan Grant, who had previously been the main writer on Detective Comics from issue #583 to #621 (cover-dated February 1988 to September 1990) and on Batman from issue #455 to #480 (cover-dated October 1990 to Late June 1992).