COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Batman 95 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3701856003
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Owner:
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ParadoxTremors
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Bought on eBay from "totally-dadical" on 11-29-2020.
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Overview: As Joker seizes control of Gotham, Batman struggles to survive, looking for a cave where he can regroup and reclaim his lost city.
Synopsis (spoilers ahead): Years ago, Batman drives the Batmobile to the Gotham City reservoir, where he is to encounter Joker for the first time. On the way, he talks with Alfred, expressing his reservations about this caper. To Batman, the Joker is no ordinary murderer. Batman realizes that the Joker sees everyone but Batman as meat, and he feels that the Joker is already orchestrating more encounters between the two of them. Alfred reassures Batman, telling Bruce that he won’t have to fight any murderous nightmare clowns alone.
In the present, the Batmobile bursts through the Gotham City aqueducts, pursued by a few cars full of Joker’s henchmen. News broadcasts tell us that “someone” (Joker) has taken control of everything belonging to Bruce and that Wayne Enterprises belongs to a new board of directors. Legal counsel for this new board of directors will be provided by Harlan Graves, a man whose reputation precedes him. We also learn that Bruce Wayne is missing and that the Gotham Gazette has been issued a cease and desist for publishing an editorial explaining that the Joker is behind everything.
In the aqueducts, the Joker’s henchmen blow up the Batmobile with a bazooka. As it burns, one of them calls Punchline to inform her that they’ve destroyed yet another Batmobile with no Batman inside.
At Wayne Enterprises, Punchline asks a jokerized Lucius Fox what the name of this secret Batman base was at the TriCorner Yards Campus. It’s called the Hibernaculum, which is where bats breed.
In Park Row, the former owner of the Monarch Theater leads the new owner, Joker, around his recent purchase. The previous owner tells Joker about how Bruce Wayne tried to buy this theater. He turned Wayne down, but he simply couldn’t pass up the Joker’s generous offer. He also mentions hearing voices downstairs while Joker rummages through old films. At first, Joker says that it’s the wind. When Joker finds the movie he’s looking for, The Mark of Zorro, he tells the old owner to join the audience downstairs. The theater is packed with jokerized victims laughing at an empty screen.
Outside of the Tricorner Yards Campus of Wayne Enterprises, a police blockade is set up. A car pulls up, and a man in a red suit walks out to greet Commissioner Harvey Bullock. This man, Harlan Graves, tells Bullock that he’s filed a civil rights injunction to stop the police harassment of Wayne Enterprises’ new owners. Bullock and Graves argue until Graves leaves. As Graves’ car speeds through the barricade, another officer informs Bullock that the police are losing this battle.
Inside Wayne Enterprises, Harlan Graves pulls out a mask and puts it on. He’s the Underbroker, and he’s here to help manage Joker’s investments. He informs members of the board to purchase every movie theater in Gotham City, per The Joker’s demands.
Outside of the Tricorner Yards Campus, Batman is listening in. He scans the building, noting that it’s littered with armed goons before finding a suitable location to break into. Batman enters one of his micro caves in the building, but before he can activate the computer, Punchline assaults him.
Punchline tells Batman that Lucius gave up all of the locations of his six hidden Batcaves in this building. As the two fight, Punchline chides Batman for the prototype Batsuit in this particular, unused mini cave. Batman hadn’t seen the design yet. It was a prototype Lucius was working on, a brighter, more luminous blue Batsuit meant for a more hopeful Batman in years to come.
Before Batman can gain the upper hand, his vision blurs. This mini cave has been dosed with a special blend of toxin that combines venom, fear toxin, and Joker toxin. Batman flees, and as he’s running, he can hear Alfred telling him that he’s running the wrong way.
Outside, a Batplane is headed straight for the building, and it’s opening fire. Batman hears Alfred telling him that he needs to get out. A poisoned Batman stares in disbelief as the Batplane’s weapons fire on the Wayne Enterprises building. “We’re all dead now,” Alfred says....
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