Zsasz

Victor Zsasz (pronounced "ʒazz" or "zazz") is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He is a serial killer and is an enemy of Batman. He usually kills with a knife and carves a tally mark somewhere on himself for every victim. Zsasz first appeared in Shadow of the Bat #1 (1992) as part of the Batman: The Last Arkham four-parter story arc, and his origin story was told in Batman Chronicles #3 (1996); both stories were written by Alan Gra... more

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Alan Grant (born 1949) is a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles during the late 1980s and...

Norm Breyfogle

Norman Keith "Norm" Breyfogle (b. February 27, 1960) is an American comic artist. He was involved with the character of Batman in one book or another...
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