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| Issue |
Detective
827 |
| Subtitle |
Double
Talk |
| Date |
March
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Paul
Dini |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman
responded to a police scanner call - witnesses said
Catwoman had been shot. He got to the body, which had
a note on it that read "dummy." A counter
started at 4 seconds - he got out as the place exploded.
When he got back to his car, there was a dummy posing
as Robin. He shot it with a grapple and it, too, exploded.
Batman had the police exhume Arnold Wesker's body, but
the coffin was empty. Bruce went out disguised as Lefty
Knox to see what the underground was saying. Within
a week, he heard the Ventriloquist was making a come
back at the Iceburg Lounge. "Lefty" attended
the big show - as the curtains parted, Wesker sat with
Scarface in his lap. A beautiful blonde knocked over
the dead body, picked up the dummy, and continued on.
When she was questioned by an audience member, she shot
him. Scarface told the room he was working on a plan
to take over the city, but would have to remove Batman
from the equation first. He called Batman out, knowing
he'd be in the audience. Bruce threw his voice and made
it look like one of the other criminals was confessing.
A batarang flew and took out the lights. Scarface opened
fire.
Batman swooped in and grabbed the woman and the dummy.
He separated them and realized the dummy was a bomb.
The woman escaped. Batman informed Gordon of what had
happened. |
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| Issue |
Detective
828 |
| Subtitle |
Shark
Bite |
| Date |
April
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Paul
Dini |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Bruce
attended a fundraiser masquerade as Zorro. Riddler saw
through his costume in no time. One of the attendees
- Matthew Atkins, a childhood friend of Wayne's - fell
overboard; Bruce jumped in after him (from the other
side of the boat so no one saw him). Batman brought
the man's lifeless body aboard - he found a strange
prick in his wrist.
In the cave, Bruce went over photos he'd taken of the
body and confirmed one of the "shark" bites
was not of shark origin. Batman began investigating
the man's recent history. It appeared he'd been selling
museum pieces to collectors and replacing them with
replicas. Batman heard a scream while in the museum
and rushed upstairs. He found Riddler unconscious on
the floor. Batman did battle with the murderer until
Riddler came to and helped take him down. Batman then
fingered Atkins' "girlfriend."
Batman bolted as the police arrived, giving Riddler
the opportunity to show off again. |
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| Issue |
Detective
829 |
| Subtitle |
Siege
part one |
| Date |
early
May 2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Stuart
Moore |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Clarke |
| storyline |
Wayne
Tower held the first Gotham International Anti-Terror
Conference. Bruce welcomed delegates from all over the
world. Explosions rang out. Wayne and the delegates
were trapped in a conference room; Tim headed to one
of Bruce's "special storerooms."
Robin went looking for the bomber, who appeared to be
spreading explosive goo. Batman notified Commissioner
Gordon that he was on it. A costumed man named Vox sent
a video to the police claiming responsibility in retaliation
to the foreign occupation of the nation Jalib. Bruce
got word to Robin on from where Vox broadcast.
Robin came face to face with the terrorist. He was sprayed
with the explosive gel. |
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| Issue |
Detective
830 |
| Subtitle |
Siege
part two |
| Date |
late
May 2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Stuart
Moore |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Clarke |
| storyline |
Robin
notified Batman that he'd been hit. Gordon sent his
men in when the next explosion hit. Batman instructed
Robin to use a small blowtorch to burn off the modified
c4.
Bruce dropped a smoke bomb into the stairwell in order
to get away from the delegates.
Batman got to Vox, but while grappled, they fell through
a window. Vox knocked himself free of Batman's hold
and fell to his death below. |
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| Issue |
Detective
831 |
| Subtitle |
Kind
of Like Family |
| Date |
June
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Paul
Dini |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Dr.
Harleen Quinzell was denied parole once more. On the
way back to her cell, one of the guards tried to help
her escape, but Quinzell alerted other guards. She was
knocked unconscious and thrown into an ambulance which
drove into a tractor trailer. When she woke up, Scarface
introduced her to Moose (the guard who sprung her) and
Sugar (the new ventriloquist).
Harley Quinn was sent into the office of a gangster
kingpin named Cotts. He was to receive a $10 million
drop off from another gangster named Sabatino. When
she scored the cash, she called the police station asking
for Gordon. She told him what was going down and where
she could be found. Gordon notified Batman.
Batman got there in time to see Scarface shooting up
an ally trying to hit Quinn. The Ventriloquist was attacked.
She detonated the dummy, shot a cop, and escaped in
his squad car.
Batman returned Quinn to Arkham, where she was released
two days later when board member Bruce Wayne changed
his vote. |
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| Issue |
Detective
832 |
| Subtitle |
Triage |
| Date |
July
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Royal
McGraw |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Clarke |
| storyline |
Batman
and Gordon checked out the murder scene of Sherman Shackley
- the Shark. His teeth had been pulled out and he was
wrapped in white, tied to a wooden plank. Gordon's men
caught Volper the Vulture, but Fisk the Fox (the other
two members of the Terrible Trio) was still at large.
Batman caught Fisk who fingered "the fourth man"
as Shackley's murderer. He said he'd been following
them for months. The Fourth Man now had them both captured
in a makeshift arena. He loosed wolves on them then
bombed the place.
Batman was able to save Fisk. When he spoke with Gordon,
he learned that Volper had "disappeared" from
police custody. Batman found the man - the Fourth Man
had him strung up and was feeding him to vultures. The
Fourth Man turned out to be Shackley - he'd pulled his
own teeth to leave at the scene of his own "death."
He brandished new ones and bit Batman, who flung him
through a window. He ended up as the new fish in Arkham. |
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| Issue |
Detective
833 |
| Subtitle |
Trust |
| Date |
August
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Paul
Dini |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman
went in to a burning theater which was hosting a performance
of the magician Ivar Loxias. He was able to save two
of Loxias' assistants, but a third was killed. Batman
noted, as Loxias was speaking with Gordon, that several
people had been hurt or killed in his performances of
late.
Batman contacted Zatanna - she knew the girl who'd been
killed. Though it pained him, he asked her to meet him
in the cave.
They reviewed a recording of that night's performance.
Zatanna noticed that Katy (the girl who had been killed)
seemed frantic even before she was put in the death
trap. Batman checked her gag and it had traces of walnut
oil - Zatanna noted that she was allergic to nuts. They
went after Loxias.
The magician admitted he'd killed the girl - she'd been
snooping into his business and he didn't much like his
secrets getting out. He then pulled out a gun and shot
Zatanna in the throat. Batman was caught off guard and
placed in an electric chair. After giving Batman a bit
of a jolt, he placed Zatanna in a tank of water and
locked her in. The man then removed a mask to reveal
himself as the Joker. |
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| Issue |
Detective
834 |
| Subtitle |
Trust
part 2 of 2 |
| Date |
September
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Paul
Dini |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Joker
related his recent escapades to Batman. After being
beaten around by Robin, Ivar Loxias had taken him in
and nursed him back to health. Though he was eager to
work with the Joker, the clown killed him the first
chance he got. He then took over his identity and act.
He knew he would bring Zatanna out by killing Katy -
Batman was simply a "bonus."
Batman broke free and went to save Zatanna. Joker bolted
through a trap door in the stage. Batman got Zatanna
free - she'd used her magic to heal herself, but still
required CPR.
She woke up later in Wayne Manor. Alfred brought her
work clothes to her. The two went back to the stage
they'd been trapped at the night before. Batman had
a brainstorm - he found where Joker had been taking
notes in the shower.
Joker had one final performance planned as Loxias -
he dressed as death and began to gas the audience. He
had the gates wired with electricity so no one could
escape. Batman went at the Joker while Zatanna turned
the gas into something a bit less toxic. She then turned
the audience into bats and had them attack the main
attraction.
Batman and Zatanna put their past behind them and moved
on. |
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references to time, and chronology: |
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Narration
of 827 places it in January.
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"Last
year ... Wesker was murdered." (Batman internal, issue
827) |
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It
is revealed in issue 833 that Bruce and Zatanna met as children,
shortly after the deaths of his parents. |
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"Dead,
killed six months ago by the Joker." (Bruce to Zatanna,
834) This puts the story at least 6 months away from Joker's
Christmas encounter with Robin, as he took up with Loxias shortly
thereafter. |
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