Comic Title: Batman #455
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1990
On Sale Date: August 21, 1990 Shipping Date August 21, 1990
Source: Previews, #18

Shipping Date August 21, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #182

Copyright Date August 21, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Direct Market Date August 23, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #162

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Identity Crisis"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

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

Reprinted In:
Robin:A Hero Reborn TPB (1991)
Robin:Reborn TPB (2016)
Legends of the Dark Knight:Norm Breyfogle Vol. 2 HC (2019)
Batman:The Caped Crusader Vol. 4 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Green Lantern #1; next appearance in Batman #456)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #454; next appearance in Batman #456)
• Tim Drake (last appearance in Detective Comics #621; next appearance in Batman #456)
• Vicki Vale (last appearance in Batman #450; next appearance in Batman #456)
• Dick Grayson (last appearance in New Titans Annual #6; next appearance in New Titans #71)
• Stan Kitch (last appearance in Detective Comics #619; next appearance in Batman #456)

Villain(s)

• Scarecrow (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Animal Man #23; next appearance in Batman #456)
• Several masked murderers (Josef Macky named; no further appearances)
• Rico Marcuse (behind-the-scenes; next appearance in Batman #456)

Other Character(s)

• A group of homeless men (Fozzy, Legs, and Beeker named; last appearance in Detective Comics #589; no further appearances)

Comments:
Identity Crisis: Part One

Rico Marcuse is an anagram for I'm Scarecrou.

This story continues in Batman #456.

Synopsis:
Batman witnesses an old woman in a mask shoot two innocent people. He stops her, but he can't explain what drove her to commit the crime. Later, Vicki Vale visits a homeless camp. Moments after she leaves a man in a similar mask attacks the homeless. While Batman searches for a connection between the attacks, Vicki analyzes her photographs. A license plate in the photos leads her to the home of Rico Marcuse. As she decides on her next course of action, another masked killer comes after her.