Two-Face, The Joker, Solomon Grundy, Tally Man, KGBeast, Colonel Vega, the Ventriloquist, Anarky and an overzealous bounty hunter named Wild all want a piece of the Dark Knight. There's never a quiet moment in the shadows of Gotham City. Even with the help of Robin, Black Canary and Lobo, Batman can't catch a break. Writer Alan Grant ( Detective Comics ) teams up with artists including Barry Kitson ( L.E.G.I.O.N. ), Bret Blevins ( New Mutants ) and John Paul Leon ( Static ) for Batman: Shadow of the Bat Vol. 4 . Collects Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32-43. Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967, writing and editing a variety of British comics. In the late 1980s, with writing partner John Wagner, Grant moved into the American comics market with their first title, the 12-issue miniseries Outcasts , for DC Comics. It paved the way for Grant to write Batman in Detective Comics, and he became one of the main Batman writers through the late 1990s. He has also written Lobo, L.E.G.I.O.N. and The Demon for DC Comics.