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The essential setup for one of Batman’s most iconic Copper Age sagas! Featuring the secret histories of the four original Clayfaces: Basil Karlo, Matt Hagen, Preston Payne, and Sondra Fuller. This issue acts as the perfect atmospheric lead-in to the legendary Detective Comics "Mud Pack" storyline by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle. While it is not a first-appearance key, it is a Thematic Key for the "Mud Pack" event. It provides the essential backstory that informs the motivations of the villains in the Detective Comics arc.