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I find that you really can't go wrong with any issue written by Alan Brennert. Detective Comics #500- "To Kill a Legend," reprinted in the first edition of the Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told. The Phantom Stranger offers Batman a chance to save the Waynes of a parallel earth, and Robin wonders for a number of reasons if that is the right thing to do. Brave and Bold #182- "Interlude on Earth-2" Batman appears mysteriously on Earth-2 during an attack on Gotham City by that world's Hugo Strange. Along the way he teams up with the adult Robin and a smitten Batwoman. Brave and Bold #181- "Time, See What's Become of Me" Hawk and Dove, as old as the times and issues they were created to represent. Brave and Bold #197- "The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne" A fairly by-the-numbers trackdown of the Scarecrow except Batman needs the help of the Catwoman this time, and neither of them is getting any younger by this point... Secret Origins #50- Brennert gives us an origin for both generations of the Black Canary, stitching together the various continuity implants, revisions, reveals, and what-not into a story that almost makes one think it was written this way from the get-go. Along the way, he gives the writers of the current JSA series an awful lot to work with... Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2- Deadman gets a visit from a ghost who reminds him it's not about the applause. Daredevil #192- The mob is going to finally take care of Ben Urich. No ninjas. No explosions. No giant killer nurses. They're going to sell him and his wife a house. One of the few stories to make me tear up when I read it... Okay, yes, Brennert also wrote that issue of Marvel's Star Trek where Rand marries a floating hyper-evolved intellect, which includes possibly the worst line of dialogue Kirk's ever been given in a comic: "It-I mean, He- Talks??" but hey, that kind of makes it memorable in its own right...:-)
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