Comic Title: Batman:Prey TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1992
On Sale Date: October 13, 1992 Shipping Date October 13, 1992
Source: Previews, Vol. 2 #8 (#44)

Direct Market Date October 16, 1992
Source: Usenet, (Capital City) : New releases: October 14 - October 16

Direct Market Date October 15, 1992
Source: Comic Shop News, #274, #276

Shipping Date October 13, 1992
Source: Direct Currents, #57

Cover Price: $12.95
Page Count: 136
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Prey"
Pages: 25

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Doug Moench
Penciller: Paul Gulacy
Inker: Terry Austin
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Steve Oliff

Reprinted From:
Legends of the Dark Knight #11 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Man of Steel #3; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #12)

Supporting Character(s)

• Captain James Gordon (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #5; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #12)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #10; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #12)

Villain(s)

• Hugo Strange (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #12)
• Maxwell Cort (a police sergeant; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #12)
• Catwoman (last appearance in Catwoman #4; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #12)
• Fish (a gang leader; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #12)
• Fish's henchmen (no further appearances)
• O'Shane and three other men (corrupt police officers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Wilson Klass (mayor of Gotham City; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #12)
• Jud Fellows (a television host and reporter; no further appearances)
• Keegan and Lane (members of a police task force; no further appearances)
• Several police officers (Home, Wilson, and Stein named; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Thomas Wayne (in Bruce's thoughts)
• Martha Wayne (in Bruce's thoughts)

Comments:
Prey Part One

Several details place the chronology of this story early in the career of Batman. Jim Gordon is still a police captain; Batman is constructing the first Batmobile; and Batman is not yet accepted by police.

This story continues in Legends of the Dark Knight #12.

Synopsis:
Batman snatches a drug dealer off the street just as the police are about to make an arrest. He gets the name of the dealer's boss before handing the criminal back to the police. The incident sparks a political controversy over vigilantism. Hugo Strange, a prominent pyschiatrist, appears on talk shows to provide his diagnosis of the Batman's mental state. The mayor orders Captain Gordon to form a task force to catch Batman. Strange is appointed as a consultant.

Gordon recruits Max Cort to serve on the task force. Cort gathers other men and stages a raid on a crime boss named Fish. Several corrupt cops in the group warn Fish about the raid. Cort's intent was to flush out the corruption. When the cops arrive, Batman is there. Fish was the boss that the dealer gave up. The cops turn on Batman, allowing Fish to escape.