Batman and the Mad Monk

{{Short description|Comic book limited series by Matt Wagner}}

{{Infobox comic book title

| image = Madmonk 3.jpg

| caption = Cover art to Batman and the Mad Monk #3. Art by Matt Wagner.

| schedule = Monthly

| format =

| limited = y

| publisher = DC Comics

| date = October 2006 - March 2007

| issues = 6

| main_char_team = Batman
Jim Gordon
Julie Madison
The Monk

| writers = Matt Wagner

| artists = Matt Wagner

| colorists = Dave Stewart

|subcat=Batman

|sort=Batman and the Mad Monk

}}

Batman and the Mad Monk is an American comic book limited series, featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman published in 2006–2007.{{gcdb series|id= 19151|title= Batman: The Mad Monk}} It is set during the Batman: Year One continuity, but after the events of Batman and the Monster Men and before the events of Batman: The Man Who Laughs. It is the second part of Matt Wagner's two-part Dark Moon Rising series, which are expanded and modernized versions of Golden Age Batman stories.{{cite book|last= Manning|first= Matthew K.|editor-last = Dougall|editor-first = Alastair|chapter= 2000s|title= Batman: A Visual History|publisher= Dorling Kindersley|year= 2014|page= 291|isbn= 978-1465424563|quote= The second in his 'Dark Moon Rising' series, writer/artist Matt Wagner dug up another Golden Age gem in the person of the Mad Monk in this six-issue follow-up to Batman and the Monster Men.}}

Plot

Batman must counter sinister machinations and new dimensions of wickedness as he confronts the hooded menace of the Mad Monk, his first encounter with a supernatural villain. He also must deal with the direct repercussions of the events in Batman and the Monster Men.

References

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Category:2006 comics debuts

Category:2007 comics endings

Category:Comics by Matt Wagner

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