Detective Comics 781 (DC, 2003)
WRITTEN BY ED BRUBAKER AND JON LEWIS; ART BY TOMMY CASTILLO, WADE VON GRAWBADGER AND STEFANO GUADIANO; COVER BY TIM SALE.
"Dead Reckoning" Part 5 of 6 finds Batman in a desperate race to stop the Charlatan! Gotham City's newest? and possibly most dangerous? villain plans to take out more of Arkham's enemies. Can Batman? or anyone? stop him? Plus, in the back-up feature, Jon (ROBIN) Lewis and Stefano (BATMAN: FAMILY) Gaudiano team up for a tale that's truly out of this world! The mythos of Batman meets the tale of Robin Hood, as told with the sensibilities of a Grimm's Fairy Tale. The citizenry of the woodlands fear the creature known only as the "Bat King." But is he a demonic foe or a friend in need?