“Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, so I must wear a disguise that will strike terror into their hearts! I must be a creature of the night, like a . . . a . . . a bat!” —Bruce Wayne It began with those words fifty years ago, a crusade that would grow into a legend. Orphaned as a child, his parents murdered before his eyes, millionaire Bruce Wayne dedicated his life to avenging their deaths, becoming in the dark of night the costume-garbed protector of Gotham City, BATMAN. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his creation, fifteen of today’s greatest writers of fantastic fiction have joined together to take you inside his world of shadows and fear in all-new tales of mystery, humor, horror, and the supernatural. These are your guides through The Further Adventures Of Batman.

Contents Neutral Ground by Mike Resnick Command Performance by Howard Goldsmith Subway Jack by Joe R. Lansdale Northwestward by Isaac Asimov Museum Piece by Mike Resnick Wise Men of Gotham by Edward Wellen Robber's Roost by Max Allan Collins Brothers in Crime by William F. Nolan Death of the Dreammaster by Robert Sheckley On a Beautiful Summer's Day, He Was by Robert R. McCammon The Joker's War by Robert Sheckley Endangered Species by Greg Cox Copycat by John Gregory Betancourt A Harlot's Tears by Ed Gorman Reformed by John Gregory Betancourt Vulture: A Tale of the Penguin by Steve Rasnic Tem

"Bone" • (1990) Will Murray "The Pirate of Millionaires' Cove" • (1989) Edward D. Hoch "Those Were the Days" • (1992) • Jerry A. Novick "On the Wings of Angel" • (1993) Kristine Kathryn Rusch "Help! I Am a Prisoner" • (1990) Joey Cavalieri "The City That Could Not Breathe" • (1993) Will Murray "An Unauthorized Biography" • (1993) Brian M. Thomsen "Balloons" • (1990) Edward Wellen "Going Straight" • (1992) Laurie Sefton and Chuq Von Rospach \[as Charles Von Rospach and Laurie Sefton \] "The Cat's-Eye Crown" • (1993) Kay Demijohn "Best of All" • (1990) Marco Palmieri "Catwomen" • (1993) Greg Cox "Double Dribble" • (1990) George Alec Effinger "Seize the Night" • (1992) Will Murray "Happy Birthday" • (1990) Mark L. Van Name and Jack McDevitt "Mr. Freeze: The Early Years" • Dennis O'Neil "Poison Ivy's Gift" • Dennis O'Neil