Batman: Dark Moon Rising

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 * Image                  = Dark Moon Rising.jpg
 * OfficialName           = Batman: Dark Moon Rising
 * Aliases                = Dark Moon Rising


 * Universe               = Multiverse
 * Locations              = Gotham City
 * Heroes                 = Batman (Bruce Wayne)
 * Villains               = Hugo Strange, The Mad Monk


 * Others                 = Alfred Pennyworth, James Gordon, Julie Madison, Sal Maroni, Dala, * Norman Madison


 * Origin                 =


 * Titles                 = Batman and the Monster Men, Batman and the Mad Monk


 * Collected              = Batman and the Monster Men (Trade Paperback), Batman and the Mad Monk (Trade Paperback)


 * Creators               = Matt Wagner


 * First                  = Batman and the Monster Men #1
 * Last                   = Batman and the Mad Monk #6

Batman: Dark Moon Rising was a two-part Matt Wagner Batman event published between 2006 and 2007. It was composed of two six-issue miniseries', Batman and the Monster Men and Batman and the Mad Monk, both almost entirely created by Wagner. The stories are retellings of Golden Age Batman comics, and take place chronologically somewhere between "Batman: Year One", and "Batman: The Man Who Laughs". It serves as sort of a "Batman: Year 1.5."
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Batman and the Monster Men
"Batman and the Monster Men" is developed from an early Hugo Strange story from Batman #1. In Wagner's version, this is Batman's first encounter with Strange. The story depicts a young, optimistic Batman shortly after the events of Batman: Year One. Julie Madison, historically Bruce Wayne's love interest in early comics, is reintroduced in this series. This story is intended to depict the first time Hugo Strange is involved in creating violent giants out of human patients.

Batman and the Mad Monk
Batman must counter sinister machinations and new dimensions of wickedness as he confronts the hooded menace of the Mad Monk, his first encounter with a supernatural villain. He also must deal with the direct repercussions of the events in Batman and the Monster Men, and the Gotham mob.

See Also:

 * Batman: Dark Moon Rising/Covers


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 * Notes                  =
 * Batman: Dark Moon Rising reprises stories from the following issues:
 * Batman #1
 * Detective Comics #31
 * Detective Comics #32


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 * RecommendedReading     =
 * Batman: Year One
 * Batman: The Man Who Laughs
 * Batman: The Long Halloween
 * Batman: Dark Victory

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 * Links                  =
 * Interview with Matt Wagner at Newsarama]