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4-6Batman Strikes! series.
Illustrated by
Christopher Jones
&
Terry Beatty.
Batman takes action when the Penguin breaks into Gotham's Museum of Natural History to steal priceless artifacts. The situation becomes more urgent when his arch-nemesis gets too close to Wayne Industries, which potentially threatens Batman's true identity. The deep, cool colors of the comic-panel illustrations reflect the dark tone that permeates this brief, by-the-numbers superhero story. "Visual questions and prompts" are appended. Glos.