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"I lost my friend. I lost my partner. I lost my storyteller. I said, ‘I’m not doing this,’ and I put it in a drawer. I forgot about it... About a year went by and I was talking to Richard Starkings, who’s our letterer and designer and has really been with us from the beginning and in a lot of ways is our inspiration, and Mark Chiarello, who was our editor on Dark Victory and a really close friend of Tim’s. And they started to get me to think about this as, instead of doing a project without Tim, what if we did a project for Tim? What if we made this into a tribute to Tim?” -- Jeph Loeb
( Scans under the cut... )
thanekosThe main story continues from issue #1084 - Batman's return to Gotham and fight against the Orgham family's Reality Engine-assisted control over the city.
In the course of that, he's reaching out to others - and he's not the only one doing so. Catwoman, remembering what the Orghams had done to Batman - what'd necessitated his leaving Gotham for a bit - was talking to the Joker.
The clown, sat in a warehouse, took the thief's psychology in stride.
" Tell me what's wrong with me! " he pantomimed. " Why can't I laugh at anything anymore? "
( She answered conventionally. )
In the course of that, he's reaching out to others - and he's not the only one doing so. Catwoman, remembering what the Orghams had done to Batman - what'd necessitated his leaving Gotham for a bit - was talking to the Joker.
The clown, sat in a warehouse, took the thief's psychology in stride.
" Tell me what's wrong with me! " he pantomimed. " Why can't I laugh at anything anymore? "
( She answered conventionally. )
thanekosHis return, his appearance to save Jim Gordon and the Question (Renee Montoya) from the forces of the Orgham family, had been the end of #1083's main story.
He fought off the Orghams' men and monsters, denying the representatives of those who had Gotham City in their power.
When the battle was done, he had " It's good to see you too " for Jim.
For the Question, he had especially concrete evidence for the case she'd been working.
( He'd picked it up between issues. )
He fought off the Orghams' men and monsters, denying the representatives of those who had Gotham City in their power.
When the battle was done, he had " It's good to see you too " for Jim.
For the Question, he had especially concrete evidence for the case she'd been working.
( He'd picked it up between issues. )
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thanekos#1082's main story had Batman midway through his - the doctor showing him a could-be if he continued on without giving in to the darkness of Barbatos, a too-mortal Bat who sustained his mythos with purposefully lethal tools.
Batman saw himself fighting crime with armament as raiment and leapt to stop it.
" I will never become you. " he said to his image.
( The image's counter-assertion wasn't verbal. )
Batman saw himself fighting crime with armament as raiment and leapt to stop it.
" I will never become you. " he said to his image.
( The image's counter-assertion wasn't verbal. )
thanekosIssue #1078'd been the plan to do so, carried out by the crew she'd recruited.
It'd climaxed in the Orghams being threatened to call off the public hanging of Batman - and their going ahead with it anyway.
#1079 had Batman swinging from a noose in the wind, the Orghams' forces pushing back against Selina's crew, and Catwoman with Prince Arzen and Queen Dariah Orgham.
( There were still events to play out. )
It'd climaxed in the Orghams being threatened to call off the public hanging of Batman - and their going ahead with it anyway.
#1079 had Batman swinging from a noose in the wind, the Orghams' forces pushing back against Selina's crew, and Catwoman with Prince Arzen and Queen Dariah Orgham.
( There were still events to play out. )
Tags:
- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: black bat/batgirl/cassandra cain,
- char: catwoman/selina kyle,
- char: cheshire/jade nguyen,
- char: jim gordon,
- char: lian harper,
- char: mr. freeze/victor fries,
- char: solomon grundy/cyrus gold,
- creator: dave stewart,
- creator: liam sharp,
- publisher: dc comics,
- title: detective comics
thanekosIn issue #1076, she'd started gathering help.
Issue #1077 opened on the day of what she was trying to save him from - his public execution.
Batman was led to the gallows by the Orgham retainer Shavhod, who taunted him.
( She poured her words into his ears, his azmer-wracked body. )
Issue #1077 opened on the day of what she was trying to save him from - his public execution.
Batman was led to the gallows by the Orgham retainer Shavhod, who taunted him.
( She poured her words into his ears, his azmer-wracked body. )
Tags:
- char: azrael/jean paul valley,
- char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon,
- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: black bat/batgirl/cassandra cain,
- char: catwoman/selina kyle,
- char: cheshire/jade nguyen,
- char: jim gordon,
- char: lian harper,
- char: mr. freeze/victor fries,
- char: solomon grundy/cyrus gold,
- creator: dave stewart,
- publisher: dc comics,
- title: detective comics
thanekosIt's following from the end of issue #1075, which had Batman taken into the custody of the Orghams.
He's chained up in a cell, a demon eating away at his memories - at the Orgham family's mercy, kept to be another instrument of their Gotham-shaping work.
The family's scion, Arzen - the public face of the Orghams - came to the Bat, to Bruce Wayne whom he'd come to consider a friend.
" Only a few hours before you will be walked to your death. "
( His words fit the air. )
He's chained up in a cell, a demon eating away at his memories - at the Orgham family's mercy, kept to be another instrument of their Gotham-shaping work.
The family's scion, Arzen - the public face of the Orghams - came to the Bat, to Bruce Wayne whom he'd come to consider a friend.
" Only a few hours before you will be walked to your death. "
( His words fit the air. )
