Batman Magician by Lovitt Chip (3 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Staple Bound. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8" x 8" staple bound graphic story based on the script by Paul Dini. Extremely light wear along the edges, with very slight wear along the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 24 pages. Cover wornBruce Wayne eagerly watches a show put on by the magician Zatanna. She dazzles the audience with a few sim ple tricks, however, Bruce's real interest is Zatanna herself, as he knew her when he was much younger. Watching Zatanna, Bruce re minisces about his training days. Bruce finds himself chained up in a straight jacked hanging upside down. Zatara the Magician tel ls him that concentration is key in this profession. Bruce easily manages to slip out of the restraints and is congratulated by Za tara on his performance. However, Zatara can't understand why Bru ce wants to be an escape artist but doesn't want to be a performe r. It doesn't matter much to Zatara, as he felt that he had to tr ain Bruce and he hints that he knows that John Smith is hiding ma ny secrets. After their talk, Zatara reveals that Zatanna was lis tening in on their conversation and left the two to speak to one another. Zatanna is very upset over John leaving as she is attrac ted to him. Desperate to keep John to herself she plays a trick i n which she handcuffs John to the wall. John is a master escape a rtist however, and escapes before she notices he's gone. Back in the present, Dr. Montague Kane and the manager of the Gotham Min t, Irving Fauncewater, arrive. Zatanna explains that Kane makes h is living by revealing the secrets of magician's tricks but she's sure he won't figure hers out. Zatanna reveals that she intends to make ten million dollars freshly printed and stored in the Got ham Mint disappear. She fires out a bolt of electricity from her staff and not only the money, but the mint disappears. Zatanna ma kes the mint return but the money is missing. Zatanna is shocked that the money is missing but Kane and Fauncewater call the polic e to arrest Zatanna. While the police take Zatanna away, Bruce no tices that she'd been set up and the real thief will escape while the Police are busy with her. Batman leaps onto the transport va n and frees Zatanna. Zatanna is unsure if the escape was a good idea as she's now a fugitive from the law. Batman is sure of her innocence however, and says that he can help her. The two go back to the mint and learn that a giant mirror has been put into the mint and covered to look like a silver dollar. Batman realizes th at whoever stole the money knew that Zatanna used a reflected hol ogram of the mint and was turned off to make it look like the bui lding disappeared. The same trick was used with the money: it was never there, just a hologram. Since it would only be another mag ician or someone who knows the technique; Batman deduces that Kan e is the real thief. Batman and Zatanna head out to Kane's house and Zatanna reveals that her father died and that she feels that she knows Batman. Batman is evasive of her intuition and they ma ke it to Kane's house. Kane has been expecting them, however, an d leaves a bomb in the room. Batman and Zatanna manage to escape, but they fall into a room with spiked walls closing in on them. Batman manages to disable the trap by removing a spike and jammin g it into the gears. The duo barely manage to escape. Finding a p icture of a seaplane, Batman realizes where Kane is and goes afte r him. Kane is still unsurprised by the appearance of Batman and Zatanna and sends his goons on them. Batman has an easy time wit h them until Kane captures Zatanna and threatens to kill her. Unw illing to let Zatanna die, Batman surrenders and he and Zatanna a re chained together. Kane is sure that the duo will die because e ven Zatara never managed to escape from those chains and locks. F ortunately, Batman keeps a lock pick in his glove and with some h elp from Zatanna (whom he refers to as Zanna), he manages to pick the locks and escape. But not before he and Zatanna are shoved f rom the plane. Grabbing hold of a net with his foot Batman manage s to save himself and his friend, but Kane begins to cut the net. Batman uses the chains to pull Kane down onto th.