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Batman Post-Crisis #122
Batman: The Ankh
The acclaimed team that brought you BATMAN: THE CHALICE reunites for a 2-part tale involving ancient Egypt, immortals, magic, and a crime spree that has existed for centuries. When some of Gotham's wealthiest citizens start vanishing without a trace, along with some Egyptian artifacts, Batman traces the crimes to an immortal woman with a haunting past and a deadly agenda!
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Chuck Dixon
3,426 books1,029 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
January 31, 2021
An immortal Egyptian woman comes to Gotham and stirs up trouble. It's an OK read. John Van Fleet's art is very static, almost posed, and very dark. In some panels I had no idea what was happening.
October 5, 2017
Batman se enfrenta a una momia y su ejército de resucitados. Todo va bien hasta que nos damos cuenta que es una momia buena y todo se va al tacho, y lo que era un cómic de terror se convierte en parodia. Ni el guion ni el arte alcanzan a salvar esta fantochada. Mala suerte
August 29, 2020
This is your typical 3-star book. It's not bad but it's not good as well. John Van Fleet's art suited the story but my criticism of his art in Batman: Chalice applies to this book as well, i.e., his paintings don't seem to convey action scenes that well.
February 16, 2017
Book one was better to me than book two. I didn't the care for some of the art styles and the storyline was pretty blah.
January 13, 2024
This was an eye-sore , literally . It hurt my orbits trying to read this because the art work was so irritating . I am not saying it's bad , i have seen similar art painted on canvas and hung on walls , however on comics panel it was a tough read .
That said the story involved supernatural elements and i always feel Batman stories with supernatural elements are a turn off and this wasn't a real unique story either.
That said the story involved supernatural elements and i always feel Batman stories with supernatural elements are a turn off and this wasn't a real unique story either.
March 5, 2025
Como casi siempre, no se le puede pedir mucho a un elseworlds/historia corta de relleno de 2 números.
Mi parte favorita fue la mención a Cataclismo, situando a la historia después de todos esos arcos del No Mans Land. Tim todavía era hetero, Batman es sorprendido de un golpe, Tim es sorprendido de un golpe, Croc es derrotado de un golpe, el villano no es tan villano.
Y un arte bastante interesante.
Mi parte favorita fue la mención a Cataclismo, situando a la historia después de todos esos arcos del No Mans Land. Tim todavía era hetero, Batman es sorprendido de un golpe, Tim es sorprendido de un golpe, Croc es derrotado de un golpe, el villano no es tan villano.
Y un arte bastante interesante.
June 30, 2024
(28 March, 2023)
While minimal here, Khatera makes a brief argument for the finality of life. Batman listens and actually agrees with her, thank goodness! Wishing for eternal life is the dream of simple minds, people who would not, and do not, think of all its implications. Having Bruce understand her wish is so very gratifying.
The first book is somewhat slow, it takes an awful lot of pages simply for the set-up. With the second one, everything kinda comes together for an acceptable, entertaining tale. I wish Khatera elaborated a lot more on how eternity can be a real curse but I'll take what I can get.
Batman's detective work is always a pleasure to see, after all, he is 'The World's Greatest Detective' is he not? Glad Dixon does not bypass it, as many do. Killer Croc as 'muscle' feels lazy but in reality, that's exactly what he is.
The art is bland but fits with the ancient Egypt part (which isn't very good anyway), it's too bad it wasn't altered for the rest. For such a straightforward story, the inclusion of a fundamental desire of many is an interesting choice. And I can't decide if Robin is underused or misused. The ending, or lack thereof, is almost open-ended. Smartly done!
While minimal here, Khatera makes a brief argument for the finality of life. Batman listens and actually agrees with her, thank goodness! Wishing for eternal life is the dream of simple minds, people who would not, and do not, think of all its implications. Having Bruce understand her wish is so very gratifying.
The first book is somewhat slow, it takes an awful lot of pages simply for the set-up. With the second one, everything kinda comes together for an acceptable, entertaining tale. I wish Khatera elaborated a lot more on how eternity can be a real curse but I'll take what I can get.
Batman's detective work is always a pleasure to see, after all, he is 'The World's Greatest Detective' is he not? Glad Dixon does not bypass it, as many do. Killer Croc as 'muscle' feels lazy but in reality, that's exactly what he is.
The art is bland but fits with the ancient Egypt part (which isn't very good anyway), it's too bad it wasn't altered for the rest. For such a straightforward story, the inclusion of a fundamental desire of many is an interesting choice. And I can't decide if Robin is underused or misused. The ending, or lack thereof, is almost open-ended. Smartly done!
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