(W) Len Wein, Dennis O Neil, Bob Rozakis, Various (A) Irv Novick, Don Newton, John Calnan, Various (CA) Jim Aparo GOTHAM CITY'S CHAMPION FACES DOWN THE PAST--AND THE FUTURE! A new decade dawns in the storied saga of the Dark Knight Detective as the 1970s roll into the 1980s in these era-defining tales from the Pages of Batman and Detective Comics! Crafted by creative titans like Len Wein, Don Newton, Dennis O'Neil, and Irv Novick, DC Finest: Batman: The Curse of Crime Alley also features some of the first DC work from the vanguard of a new generation of talent, including Jim Starlin, Walter Simonson, and Frank Miller! Collects BATMAN #307-324, DETECTIVE COMICS #481-490, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #159, and a story from the Super-Star Holiday Special DC SPECIAL SERIES #21.