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Manga-ka: Yoshinori Natsume
Publisher: CMX
Rating: Older Teen (16+)
Release Date: November 2008
Synopsis: “In present day Gotham City, there is a new killer on the loose. Its appearance coincides with the arrival of an ambitious Japanese businessman, who female aide is a dead ringer for a woman young Bruce Wayne met years ago. Suddenly, Batman finds himself haunted by his past, when he trained in Japan and came face to face with the darker side of his own nature. Is this killer a man, a demon, or some twisted manifestation of the Batman himself?”
This book mixes together two of my favourite things, Batman and manga, so it’s a wonder how I’ve gone this long without picking up CMX’s release of Batman: Death Mask. When Batman begins to suffer from horrible nightmares, he realizes they may be connected to a face-stealing serial killer attacking Gotham City. When his past returns to haunt him, coincidences become too much for him to ignore and his search for the killer takes a personal path.