Comic Title: Batman:The Caped Crusader Vol. 3 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2019
On Sale Date: September 18, 2019 Direct Market Date September 18, 2019
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Direct Market Date September 18, 2019
Source: Previews, #369

Direct Market Date September 18, 2019
Source: DC Previews, #14

Cover Price: $29.99
Page Count: 328
Editor: Jeb Woodard

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Red Square Bloody Square"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Jim Aparo
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted From:
Batman #445 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes TPB; next appearance in Batman #446)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #444; next appearance in Detective Comics #612)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #443; next appearance in Detective Comics #613)
• Vicki Vale (last appearance in Suicide Squad #26; next appearance in Batman #446)
• Tim Drake (last appearance in Batman #444; next appearance in Batman #448)

Villain(s)

• NKVDemon (Gregor Dosynski; first appearance; next appearance in Batman #446)
• Slasher (no further appearances)
• Nikolay and Yakov (associates of NKVDemon; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Nikita Krakov (a Soviet police detective; next appearance in Batman #446)
• Dmitri (a Soviet police officer; no further appearances)
• Yuri Gregaroff (a member of the Politboro; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Mr. Kesegan (a liasion; no further appearances)
• Vasily Ramenki, Marsala, Ivana, and Hasek (a Politboro member, his wife, and children; Ivana and Hasek die in this story; no further appearances)
• Anna Petrova (from the Bureau of Economic Development; next appearance in Batman #446)
• Rebecca Curley (a boarding school student; no further appearances)
• Boris (Anna's assistant; next appearance in Batman #447)

Comments:
When the Earth Dies Chapter One

This story continues in Batman #446.

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne travels to the Soviet Union after learning that Gregor Dosynski, a disciple of the KGBeast has been killing members of the Politboro. Bruce has some difficulty evading detection to become Batman. Once he does, he contacts Nikita Krakov, a police detective who provides him with information on Dosynski's associates. Batman sends a message to Dosynski, also known as the NKVDemon, and the two meet at a prearranged location. The NKVDemon gets the upper hand in the ensuing fight, but Batman has brought reinforcements, led by Krakov. Dosynski is forced to flee into the underground sewer system to escape.