Title Batman: Detective No. 27 Format graphic novel Binding hardcover Date 2003 Writer(s) Michael Uslan Artist(s) Peter Snejbjerg Collects n/aThough advised against it by his secret service, President Abraham Lincoln went to the theater, where he was shot and killed by a terrorist group known as the Knights of the Golden Circle. Their leader, Professor Joe Carr, killed himself as a martyr, professing that the South would rise again in 74 years. The Secret Society of Detectives set out to discover their plan. Detectives 1-4 (4 being Theodore Roosevelt) spoke with Gregor Mendel, who's work was the basis of the Knights' plot. The SSoD realized the Knights planned to use botanic toxins to destroy a city. Years later, a young boy watched as his parents were gunned down coming out of a theater. The family's butler, Alfred, watched young Bruce off - he would spend the next ten years in Europe and Asia at the world's best private schools. After his decade abroad, Bruce returned home to find Alfred had become a medical doctor. He soon realized that his family's wealth had been depleted. Wayne was taken in by the Secret Society of Detectives as #27; Alfred was #25. 25 and 27 began doing their digging on the Knights of the Golden Circle - their 74 year old plan would come into fruition later in the year (1939). The Cat-Burglar, calling herself Catwoman, attacked at a function Bruce and Alfred were attending and held one of Alfred's teachers, Dr. Hugo Strange, captive. Bruce and Alfred were able to catch and detain the woman. Bruce followed Strange as Alfred took care of the Catwoman. Strange led #27 into an ambush; a boy named Robin and his group of friends helped the detective out of the jam. Strange outed himself as the leader of the Knights. Wayne broke into Strange's lab, only to be captured by the doctor and his associate, Professor Jonathan Crane. 27 escaped and met up with Alfred in the cave below their home. They believed the toxin would be spread at the baseball all-star game, which was being held on Independence Day. With the help of Catowman - Selina Kyle, Robin's gang, and Babe Ruth, the plot was stopped. Crane and Strange escaped and headed to NYC and the World's Fair. In New York, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt introduced Superman to the crowd. 27 closed in on Strange and Crane. In a struggle, Strange fell from a catwalk into a vat of chemicals. Before Wayne could get any answers from Crane, a gunman shot him dead. The gunman, the real leader of the Knights, was Thomas Wayne. He'd engineered the death of his wife and left his son as the witness to his own death. 27 recovered the toxin from his father, but Thomas fell to his death as well. Storyline story