Batman #356 (1983)

[dandruffshampoo]

Anyone read this comic? If so, what are your thoughts on it? Just picked it up today form the local shop. I won't give too much away in case you haven't read it, but Hugo Strange creates duplicates of all the important people in Bruce's life.

[Chad]

Anyone read this comic? If so, what are your thoughts on it? Just picked it up today form the local shop. I won't give too much away in case you haven't read it, but Hugo Strange creates duplicates of all the important people in Bruce's life.

Classic story, though the catch at the end explaining how Batman and Robin managed to escape Strange without his noticing was a little weak.

There are so many great subplots in this storyline (I'm refering not simply to issue 356, but all the issues of Tec and Batman leading up to it). Rupert Thorne pulling the strings of the new Mayor Hamilton Hill and having Batman's vigilante status restored; Batman breaking into prison to free Deadshot only to keep him locked in a cage in the Bat-Cave; Councilman Reeve; Batman getting shot and having Dick Grayson take his place; faked photos revealing that Batman's true identity is that of the crime boss of Gotham.

This should definately be collected in hardcover - a worthy and in some ways superior sequel to Strange Apparations.