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: "Bird of Ill Omen"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Alan Grant
Plotter: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Norm Breyfogle
Inker: Steve Mitchell
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #615 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #448; next appearance in Batman #449)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #448; next appearance in Batman #449)
• Tim Drake (last appearance in Batman #448; next appearance in Batman #449)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (last appearance in Batman #448; next appearance in Batman #449)
• Two street-level thieves (no further appearances)
• Penguin's unnamed henchman (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sherry West (last appearance in Batman #448; next appearance in Batman #449)
• A jewelry store owner (no further appearances)
• The crew and passengers of flight JA17 (die in this story; no further appearances)
• An unnamed survivor of flight JA17 (next appearance in Detective Comics #616)

Comments:
The Penguin Affair: II

This story is continued from Batman #448 and continues in Batman #449.

Synopsis:
The Penguin has kidnapped actress Sherry West who plays a villainous character named Heron on television. Penguin has fallen in love with her. He shows her his computer which he uses to control birds and create mayhem in Gotham City. Penguin sends the birds after Batman. They chase him and nearly kill him before he is able to use ultra-sonics to disrupt the Penguin's control.

Elsewhere in Gotham the birds have also caused a jet to crash. A creature emerges from the crash as the only survivor.