Batman: Child of Dreams

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Batman: Child of Dreams

Genre

Action, Detective fiction

Manga

Author

Kia Asamiya
Bob Kane (creator)

Publisher

Kodansha

English publisher

DC Comics

Other publishers:
Planet Manga Play Press Publishing

Demographic

Seinen

Serialized in

Magazine Z

Original run

November 22, 2000 – November 22, 2001

Volumes

Batman: Child of Dreams is a manga series written and illustrated by Kia Asamiya, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z.

The series follows the Dark Knight to Tokyo, on the trail of a mortal drug that allows the person who ingests it to shapeshift into anyone they desire.

Child of Dreams was collected in two volumes, released in November 2000 and November 2001 by Kodansha. The English language version was released in hardcover and softcover editions in 2003 by DC Comics.

1 Plot
2 Publication
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The story features Batman in Gotham City and Tokyo, locating the source of a deadly drug. This drug provides the users with the thrill of literally living the life of their dreams for a day, by forcing the user to shapeshift into the person they desire to be. After the day expires, the drug kills the user by draining him or her of his or her lifeforce. Most of the users in Gotham turned into literal copies of several Batman villains. Batman suspected they were not the real thing after they seemed to sport twisted forms of their regular traits. Realizing a larger force is at work, Batman follows the trail of the chemical to Tokyo, where he finds the deranged criminal mastermind behind the creation of the infamous drug is none other than a heavily mutated fan.

[edit] Publication

Child of Dreams was serialized in Kodansha's Magazine Z. The chapters were later collected in two volumes.

ISBN 978-4063343618. Released on November 2000.
ISBN 978-4063344745. Released on November 2001.

The English language translation was handled by Max Allan Collins. The hardcover edition (ISBN 1-56389-906-X) was released on March 1, 2003. The softcover edition (ISBN 1-56389-907-8) was released on December 1, 2003.