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Commissioner
Gordon was called in on a multiple homicide: a hooker
and two cops had been killed by a man fitting the description
of the Reaper while Batman and Robin were busy taking
down some cocaine traffickers. Batman took his junior
partner home after calling him reckless - he'd been
shot in the cape. Afterwards, he answered Gordon's signal.
A boy named Joey found his father - Joseph Chill, Jr.
- the Reaper. The man told his son about his own father,
and introduced him to his Aunt Marcia.
After hearing about the Reaper, Bruce went out to find
Rachel Caspian, daughter of the original - and his former
fiance. She was at Dr. Leslie Thompkins' house. Batman
later found Rachel wandering around outside one of Bruce
Wayne's buildings. The Reaper, claiming to be her father,
closed in on her. Batman attacked and got Rachel to
safety. The Reaper blew a hole in the building and retrieved
the gun Wayne had buried, the one that had killed his
parents.
Batman, while investigating the Reaper, got a call from
Alfred - he'd struck the clinic. After checking on Leslie
and learning that Rachel had been taken, Batman caught
up with the Reaper. While they fought, Marcia Chill
hit Batman with some tranquilizer. When he woke up,
he was in a death trap. Marcia attempted to double-cross
her brother, but he'd suspected it and easily took her
down.
After being unable to contact Bruce, Alfred found Dick
in costume. He watched as the boy hopped into the Batmobile
and wheeled off after his partner. Robin found him and
helped him escape the trap. Batman went after the Reaper
while Robin freed Rachel. The Reaper's son entered;
when they found out who the two were, Batman and Robin
left father and son together for Gordon to pick up.
Batman met with Leslie and Rachel before taking Robin
with him and destroying the gun which killed his parents.
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