Batman 433 434 435 "The Many Deaths Of The Batman" complete story arc 1989

Description: Batman Set The Many Deaths Of The Batman #433-445 - Part One, Part Two, Part Three Of Three Issue #433- In "The Many Deaths Of The Batman, Chapter One: Period of Mourning", a silent tale depicts the effects of a shocking act against the caped crusader. Part 1 of 3, continued next issue. Script by John Byrne, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Dick Grayson, Starfire, Penguin, Two-Face. Byrne cover.A police car screams across the Gotham City streets, and parks in an alley to investigate a tip. To their horror, they find it's true. The Batman is dying, strung up on a fence as if crucified. An ambulance rushes him to the hospital, and amidst a frenzy of activity they try to save his life. Two doctors fight when one of them tries to take off his mask. They are unable to save him, and the Batman dies.The corpse of the Batman is brought to the morgue, where a seedy journalist bribes a guard to get some photos. The next day, it's all over the papers; "Batman Dead" is the headline. The Penguin reads the paper in Arkham, and is furious. Two-Face reads the paper, and flips his coin. It comes up on the scarred side, so he rejoices. Dick Grayson trembles with grief, and Starfire attempts to comfort him. Alfred Pennyworth is shocked, and runs into the Batcave to investigate, finding it empty. When Jim Gordon, out of town, hears the news, he immediately flies back to Gotham and goes straight to the city morgue. He says two words to everybody in the room. "Get out." The room empties, and he pulls off Batman's mask to look underneath. It's a blonde man he's never seen before.On top of the Gotham Plaza Hotel, another man in a Batman costume is blown to pieces in a huge explosion as the Bat-Signal shines bright in the dark sky. Issue #434- While Batman's on a case in Paris, the bodies of men found in Batman costumes continue to pile up in Gotham in "The Many Deaths Of The Batman, Chapter Two: How Many Times Can A Batman Die?" Part 2 of 3, continued from the previous issue. Story concludes next issue. Script by John Byrne, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Batman finds himself in hot pursuit of a mysterious cloaked person across the rooftops of some small city and when he finally captures the person, both of them fall to the river.A few hours later, a body is picked from the Gotham River by the Gotham City Police Department and they are shocked to learn it is apparently the Batman's corpse. The doctor assistant coroner verifies the death to Commissioner Gordon and they arrange for the body to be taken to the Morgue, where the cause of death will be revealed. When they remove the cowl from the corpse, both Gordon and the doctor recognize the man as Mark Jenner, former stock car racer, who was paralyzed in an accident. The doctor believes Jenner could perfectly be the Batman, but Gordon knows better as this is the fourth dead person wearing a Batman costume.Later in his office at the GCPD Headquarters, Gordon examines the evidence and tries to make a connection between all the victims, but he is unable to come up with something. When the autopsy results are revealed, the Doctor informs Gordon that Jenner drowned, but the water in his lungs reveals he didn't drown in the river.At that moment, the notorious athlete Peter Allison arrives at the "Swet Shoppe" gym in order to fulfill his end of the arrangement with the manager of the place. The manager however, is baffled at Allison's presence in his gym, but he allows the stunt to continue as it means free publicity for his business. Allison then goes to the changing rooms and comes out dressed as Batman, much to the manager's surprise. Allison starts performing some acrobatic movements on the bars, when he is shot with a crossbow from the storage room of the the gym. The bolt pierces Allison's chest and kills him instantly. When Gordon and the police arrive to investigate, they also learn that the tip of the bolt was poisoned to make sure the victim would die. While investigating the crime scene, they eventually find the murder weapon and the gym's manager recalls that the crossbow olympic champion has recently arrived to the city.In the meantime, Batman has captured the cloaked woman and takes her to the French authorities when he learns about the supposed death of Batman, back in Gotham.Following their only lead, Gordon and the Doctor go to interrogate Raphael DiGiorda at his mansion. On their way there, the Doctor insists that the men who have been killed could've well been the Batman, as she believes there to be many of them. However, Gordon knows better and he is certain that Batman is only one man, whose sacrifice for the city is sometimes greater than the gratitude shown for his actions. Eventually, Gordon and the Doctor arrive at DiGiorda's place and they are shocked to learn that the man is already waiting for them, dressed in a Batman costume. DiGiorda explains that he was invited by Bruce Wayne to a costume party and that the Batman costume came with the invitation. Gordon starts telling DiGiorda about the "Batmen Murders", but he ignores the warning and right then, the Doctor comes to the wrong conclusion that Bruce Wayne is the killer. Gordon steps forward and defends Wayne as a respected citizen, but the Doctor's opinion stands. As the two of them argue, DiGiorda collapses and he is dead seconds later.Back at the Morgue, Gordon and the Doctor learn that DiGiorda was poisoned with a special chemical that was coated in the Batman costume. Without any delay, Gordon makes arrangememnts to go to Wayne Manor, whether to interrogate Bruce Wayne, or save him altogether.Gordon and his men arrive at Wayne Manor, where a weary Bruce welcomes them into his house. Gordon informs Bruce about the Batmen murders, but Bruce has not received a Batman costume. It is then that Alfred recalls that a package came earlier that day. Bruce opens the box with Gordon and his men watching closely and indeed, they find a Batman costume inside. Without any doubts, Bruce and the others realize that he was the target, but the murder attempt has failed. When a police officer takes the belt of the costume and locks it together, the suit starts melting the cupboard it was placed upon with strong acid, which would have been a gruesome death for Bruce Wayne. Altough the crisis has been averted, Bruce makes the most important question: who is the next victim?Elsewhere in Gotham, a fat, bald man has been lured into a trap by a "city gal" and he is forced to wear the Batman costume before the killer strikes again. Issue #435- Batman must discover the identity of the 'Bat-Killer' before anyone else is murdered in "The Many Deaths Of The Batman, Chapter Three: The Last Death Of The Batman". Part 3 of 3, continued from the previous issue. Script by John Byrne, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Byrne cover.The Gotham City Police Department are on the scene of a homicide, when they find that the deceased young woman scratched a bat into the carpet before she died.Meanwhile in Wayne Manor, a frustrated Bruce Wayne laments to Alfred that so long as the police are at the Manor protecting him, he cannot leave as Batman, preventing him from finding the Bat-killer. Furthermore, Bruce informs Alfred that the killer has somehow deduced Batman's identity because all of the victims were mentors of Bruce Wayne on his quest to become Batman.At that moment, Commissioner Gordon goes over the evidence and tries to find a connection between the murders and eventually, he realizes that there is one killing among all of them that doesn't fit the pattern. Frederick Stone was killed in a manner similar to his own area of expertise, while all the others were killed using clues and references to the next victim. Elsewhere, a man called Jerry Sawyer perpares another deadly Batman costume, hiding it away from the woman he loves.Finally, Bruce Wayne can take it no longer, and risks sneaking into the Batcave with help from Alfred, who distracts the police officers in Wayne Manor by preparing a delicious meal. In the cave, Batman analyzes the list of the Batkiller's victims so far. Knowing the killer's pattern, Batman deduces the next victim would be Aurelius Boch, the man who taught him about toxins and poisons. However, his deduction comes too late as Batman learns that Boch has been found dead shortly after his arrival to Gotham.Moments later, Batman meets with Commissioner Gordon for the first time since the whole affair started and learns about Gordon's deduction regarding Stone. During the conversation, Batman explains the killer's pattern and his "confusion" regarding Bruce Wayne. After this, Batman follows the pattern of the killer and deduces who his next victim would be. Jerry Sawyer, the killer, meets with Mr. Shastri to give him a Batman costume, but Shastri is in fact Batman in disguise. Batman tries to stop Sawyer, but the eleftrified costume stuns him long enough to allow Sawyer to escape.Back at the Batcave, Batman analyzes the evidence and finally deduces that Jerry Sawyer is a forged identity created by Frederick Stone, one of his former mentors and the one responsible for starting the whole Bat-killings. At that moment, Stone makes last minute arrangements to kill the next victim, a man called Campbell and he leaves his house in a hurry, much to his woman's concern. Batman appears after Stone has left and warns the woman to leave her home as a security measure.Finally, Stone is about to kill Campbell at his hotel room, when he is stopped by Batman. Confronted by the Dark Knight, Stone reveals that he had deduced that he trained Batman in the past when the Dark Knight used a technique to defuse explosives only known to him. Fearing that some of Batman's greatest enemies might deduce the same, Stone faked his own death as part of the Bat-killings and started to kill the people who had trained Batman. Adopting the new identity of florist Jerry Sawyer and thanks to his own deductions, Stone managed to find many connections to the Dark Knight and his ultimate goal was to eliminate as many mentors of the Dark Knight as possible in order to prevent any eventual conflict with Batman's enemies. Finally, Stone inquires as to how Batman found him and the Dark Knight reveals that all the information he needed was provided by the woman that the police had found, who was also murdered by Stone. After hearing Stone's confession, Commissioner Gordon and the Police arrive at the scene and they finally capture the killer. Batman doesn't stay long as he needs to go back to a certain woman and tell her about her beloved, Jerry Sawyer.

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