Batman Arkham: Ra's Al Ghul

by VARIOUS

• ISBN13: 9781401288815
• ISBN10: 1401288812
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-03-26
• Publisher: DC Comics

Summary

Like Batman, Ra's al Ghul is wealthy and intelligent. He's also a brilliant strategist and a master martial artist. Unlike Batman, however, he's immortal, and the leader of a deadly and elite warrior alliance known as the League of Assassins.

Over the years, Ra's al Ghul has proven to be one of the Dark Knight's most dangerous and destructive adversaries. Known worldwide as the Demon's Head, he is the only person capable of going toe-to-toe with Batman on every level, mentally and physically. Now, for the first time, the greatest tales of Ra's al Ghul and Batman are collected in one amazing anthology.

Featuring the combined talents of Denny O'Neil, Greg Rucka, Peter J. Tomasi, Peter Milligan, Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Michael Golden and Jim Aparo, Batman Arkham: Ra's al Ghul collects Batman #232 and #243-244, Batman Annual #26, Batman and Robin #23.3, DC Special Series #15, The Brave and the Bold #159, Detective Comics #750 and Nightwing #152. Also included is a Ra's al Ghul profile from Who's Who in the DC Universe #13.

Author Biography

Considered the groundbreaking artist of the 1960s, Neal Adams was born June 6, 1941, in New York City. He attended Manhattan's High School of Industrial Art and, while still a student, found work ghosting the Bat Masterson syndicated newspaper strip and drawing gag cartoons for Archie Comics. Neal received his own comic strip, based on the popular TV series Ben Casey, in 1962. The strip ran until 1965 at which time Neal made the move to comics for Warren Publishing and DC Comics. Neal's realistic style on such strips as DEADMAN and GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW, at odds with the more cartoony comics of the day, made him an immediate star. He became DC's premier cover artist, contributing radical and dynamic illustrations to virtually the company's entire line. Neal's work has also appeared in Marvel's X-Men, The Avengers and Thor, on paperback book covers and on stage, as the art director for the Broadway science fiction play Warp. In the 1970s Neal and partner (and frequent inker) Dick Giordano started the art agency Continuity Associates, out of which came, in the 1980s, Continuity Comics. Neal is the winner of several Alley, Shazam and Inkpot awards, and was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999.