Batman #38: The Origin of Bruce Wayne
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- Series
- Batman
- Issue number
- 38
- Cover date
- 2018-03-31
- ComicVine ID
- 650886
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Issue summary
“The Origin of Bruce Wayne”! If Mattie could grow up to be anybody, he’d grow up millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. But what would happen if he was forced to relive the worst tragedy of Bruce’s life and his parents were murdered? Batman’s hunt for the killer puts him face to face with a strange mirror version of his own past. List of covers and their creators: Cover Name Creator(s) Sidebar Location Reg Regular Cover Tim Sale & Dave Stewart 1 Var Variant Cover Olivier Coipel & Dave Stewart 3 2nd Second Printing Variant Cover Tim Sale 2
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Batman #38: The Origin of Bruce Wayne is a Batman issue with cover date 2018-03-31. Gotham Vault links it to Batman (Bruce Wayne).
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Batman #38: The Origin of Bruce Wayne is a Batman-related comic issue in Gotham Vault's database. It is listed under the Batman series as issue #38 with a cover date of 2018-03-31.
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