Comic Title: Batman #448
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Early June 1990
On Sale Date: April 17, 1990 Shipping Date April 17, 1990
Source: Previews, #14

Shipping Date April 17, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #178

Copyright Date April 17, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Pawns"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Plotter: Alan Grant
Penciller: Jim Aparo
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Caped Crusader Vol. 3 TPB (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #614; next appearance in Detective Comics #615)

Supporting Character(s)

• Harold (last appearance in Question #33; next appearance in Batman #449)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #614; next appearance in Batman #449)
• Tim Drake (last appearance in Batman #445; next appearance in Detective Comics #615)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #613; next appearance in Detective Comics #615)
• Kitch (last appearance in Detective Comics #606; next appearance in Demon #1)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (last appearance in Detective Comics #611; next appearance in Detective Comics #615)
• Lark (Penguin's henchwoman; next appearance in Batman #449)
• Several hoodlums (Cliff and Dawn named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sherry West (aka Heron; an actress; next appearance in Detective Comics #615)
• Amory (an actor; no further appearances)
• Dan (Sherry's boyfriend; no further appearances)

Comments:
The Penguin Affair: 1

This story continues in Detective Comics #615.

Synopsis:
The Penguin meets a hunchback named Harold who is a savant with machines. Harold is able to use a machine to control birds which the Penguin uses in a series of crimes. Batman realizes that the crimes were merely tests of the technology and suspects a larger goal. When the Penguin sends a threat to actress Sherry West, Batman tries to protect her, but the Penguin's birds carry the woman away.