Batman #393: The Dark Rider
Read a concise guide to Batman #393: The Dark Rider, including cover date, series details, summary, characters, and collector-friendly context. Characters
- Series
- Batman
- Issue number
- 393
- Cover date
- 1986-03-01
- ComicVine ID
- 26551
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Issue summary
Batman becomes involved in CIA and KGB affairs in order to help a Russian agent trap the Dark Rider, a terrorist that plans a plutonium deathtrap for America. Batman met with a CIA agent in Venice for a mission. The chase led him to West Germany, then Moscow. He met with an operative there and traveled with her to Switzerland. The statue carrying plutonium moved again, this time to the United States.
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Batman #393: The Dark Rider is a Batman issue with cover date 1986-03-01. Gotham Vault links it to Batman (Bruce Wayne).
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What comic is Batman #393: The Dark Rider?
Batman #393: The Dark Rider is a Batman-related comic issue in Gotham Vault's database. It is listed under the Batman series as issue #393 with a cover date of 1986-03-01.
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