BATMAN Teamup Set: with PUNISHER & with DEATHBLOW plus BATMAN:REIGN OF TERROR

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These Prestige Format comics (titled spine, 48 pages, shelf-worthy) were purchased when released, then immediately bagged and boxed.  I removed them from their bags in order to scan covers as a demonstration of their superior condition, then right back in the bags.

BATMAN PUNISHER: LAKE OF FIRE - 1994

PUNISHER BATMAN: DEADLY KNIGHTS - 1994 - ?Batman and Punisher have gotten into each other's comic book business twice, and while Deadly Knights and Lake of Fire have quite a few elements in common with each other (a 1994 release, Jigsaw, the Joker, a lack of friendliness between the title duo despite sharing enemies) Deadly Knights beats out its prequel in coolness for a couple of reasons, not the least of which is the inclusion of Batman-proper, (the original featured whiny Knightfall fill-in Azrael) or the merciful absence of Lake of Fire's bathhouse brawl. The story is well-paced and the John Romita Jr. art keeps things interesting; the Joker and Jigsaw make a pretty scary team and even Robin gets in some action as he out-hacks Punisher's tech expert Micro before Batman and Punisher "have words" memorably to close it all out.  Both fun reads.

BATMAN DEATHBLOW: AFTER THE FIRE - 2002 - Three Prestige Format volumes - Thanks to Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo, Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire takes on pulp noir and the stickiness of government special ops, flashing between Deathblow's shoot-'em-up hunt for the pyrokinetic Max Fai and Batman's follow-up on the case 10 years later. The terrorist - or contractor, depending who you're asking - is mixed up with The Falcon, the I.O. and the C.I.A., and eventually Fai realizes he will die in Gotham. Of the two "good guys," Batman employs more creative tactics, disguising as a thievin' bum and, surprisingly, Deathblow just before Fai falls to a sniper. Overall, this is a pretty gritty crossover, and calls to mind the Joker graphic novel, also done by Azzarello and Bermejo. Hell, even Bruce Wayne is kind of ugly.

BATMAN: REIGN OF TERROR - 1999 Elseworlds - Batman in the French Revolution!! Captain Bruce Wayne becomes the rogue masked defender of the innocent by night, battling the very revolution he defends by day. This sweeping adventure pits a dashing Dark Knight against the war-scarred political mastermind Herve Deinte and the world's most frightening weapon: The Blade of Death!

I am NOT a comics grader nor a comics dealer.  I've been a Batman fan since 1958 and have been collecting Batman and Batman-related comics since then.  In the earlier days I read and saved one comic, but over the past 28 years or so, I've bagged and boarded or bagged and boxed each comic on the day I purchased it from the dealer and came up with a reading copy elsewhere.  So these comics I'm selling are in REALLY good shape, probably VF or better. But, again, I'm not a grader or dealer, so if you're one to go over your comics with a microscope, I'd advise you to buy elsewhere.  I do NOT want to get into any hassles over these sales so I'm being straight with you here.  If I'm selling comics of a lesser quality than REALLY REALLY great, I'll note it in these descriptive notes or you'll see it in the scans.

Though I'm not a dealer in ANY sense of the word, I am a recent retiree anticipating a MAJOR down-sizing so it's time to clear off the shelves and clean out the closets!  I'm happy to combine shipping when possible.

All sales are PayPal only and I'm shipping ONLY to U.S. addresses.  I thank you for looking.