Batman: Leatherwing
batman comic published in 1994
Leatherwing, also known as Batman: Leatherwing, is a DC Comics Elseworlds story published in Detective Comics Annual #7 in 1994. It was written by Chuck Dixon and illustrated by Enrique Alcatena, who also devised the plot.
This story features a version of Batman as a pirate of the High Seas, during the Golden Age of Piracy. A sequel to the story was published in The Batman Chronicles #11 (winter 1998).
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Familiar characters from the Batman mythos are adapted to fit this tale of pirates:
Captain Leatherwing (Batman): Captain of the Flying Fox, he is employed by King James II of England to pillage rival countries' ships, though he keeps a share for himself and his men. He wears a costume to protect his family name, since England would be appalled at one of her children sailing about the seas like he does. He raids ship and collects gold in the hope that he will one day have enough to buy back the land of his parents, which were stolen from him when they were murdered.
Princess Quext'chala is the daughter of King Hapa of the Caiman indios. Batman rescues this princess from Panama from Spaniards. In gratitude, she wishes to marry him.
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