- "Remember this next time you're shaking down someone who can't defend himself -- and remember that I'll defend them."
- ―Batgirl
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| Thrillkiller | |
| Title: | "Chapter One" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Cover price: | $2.50 |
| Cover date: | January, 1997 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jenette Kahn |
| Writers: | Howard Chaykin |
| Pencilers: | Dan Brereton |
| Inkers: | Dan Brereton |
| Cover artists: | Dan Brereton |
| Cover inker: | Dan Brereton |
| Cover colorist: | Dan Brereton |
| Cover letterer: | Dan Brereton |
| Colorists: | Dan Brereton |
| Letterers: | Bill Oakley |
| Assistants: | Chuck Kim |
| Editors: | Archie Goodwin |
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| Next: | Thrillkiller #2 |
"Chapter One" is the first issue of Thrillkiller comic book limited series published by DC Comics. It was written by Howard Chaykin with painted artwork by Dan Brereton and lettering by Bill Oakley. It was edited by Archie Goodwin with Chuck Kim as assistant editor. This issue shipped with a January, 1997 cover date and carries a cover price of $2.50 per copy (US).
"Chapter One"[]
Featured characters
- Batgirl, Barbara Gordon
- Robin, Rickart Graustark
- Detective Bruce Wayne
Supporting characters
- James Gordon
- Mayor Ryan
Villains
- Allan Sands
- Bianca Steeplechase
- Crocker
- Detective Duell
Minor characters
- Alderman Watt
- Bobbi Merrill Gordon (In a photograph only)
- Pete Best
- Caroline Kennedy
- Elvis Presley
- Franz Graustark (In a photograph only)
- George Harrison
- "Honeybunch"
- Jackie Kennedy
- John F. Kennedy
- Johann Graustark (In a photograph only)
- John F. Kennedy, Jr.
- John Lennon
- Paul McCartney
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
- Arcadian Grove
- Big Rock Diner
- Bomb Shelter
- Chin's Restaurant
- Cityheart Plaza
- Gotham City Police Headquarters
- Gotham Power and Light
- Playland
- Sunset Lounge
- Wayne Manor
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this issue is "It was just a game for them... until the game got ugly!"
- This series is considered an "Elseworlds", which takes place in a continuity separate from that of the mainstream DC Universe.
- In the post-Infinite Crisis multiverse, the events of this series have been retroactively allocated to Earth-37. It has also been designated Earth-61.
- This issue is reprinted in the Batman: Thrillkiller trade paperback collection, published in December, 1998.