Revenge of Clayface is a Capstone Press publication.

Billionaire BRUCE WAYNE is asked to support the military's newest weapon, the ParaBomb X, a high-tech orb that emits a paralyzing light. But during the weapon's demonstration, a general grabs the orb, crashes through the window, and falls to the street below. BRUCE WAYNE is stunned. When he looks down at the street, he sees the thief turn into a gooey pile of mud and slip down a storm drain with the stolen weapon. He wasn't a general at all, he was one of BATMAN'S strangest enemies, CLAYFACE.

Billionaire BRUCE WAYNE is asked to support the military s newest weapon, the ParaBomb X, a high-tech orb that emits a paralyzing light. But during the weapon s demonstration, a general grabs the orb, crashes through the window, and falls to the street below. BRUCE WAYNE is stunned. When he looks down at the street, he sees the thief turn into a gooey pile of mud and slip down a storm drain with the stolen weapon. He wasn t a general at all, he was one of BATMAN'S strangest enemies, CLAYFACE."

"Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger."

Clayface has returned to Gotham City, and he's looking for revenge! Can the Caped Crusader tell the difference between the imposter and his real friends and enemies? Can Batman and Robin stop Clayface or will they need some help from their friends? Will the Dynamic Duo be able to defeat the shape-shifting villain or will Clayface finally get his revenge?

The two hottest genres in comics gleefully collide head-on, as the most beloved American superhero gets the coolest Japanese manga makeover ever. In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, in this gorgeously produced book, hundreds of pages of Batman-manga comics more than four decades old are translated for the first time, appearing alongside stunning photographs of the world's most comprehensive collection of vintage Japanese Batman toys. This is The Dynamic Duo as you've never seen them: with a distinctly Japanese, atomic-age twist as they battle aliens, mutated dinosaurs, and villains who won't stay dead. And as a bonus: Jiro Kuwata, the manga master who originally wrote and drew this material, has given an exclusive interview for our book. More than just a dazzling novelty, Bat-Manga is an invaluable, long-lost chapter in the history of one of the most beloved and timeless figures in comics.