Contents 1 Appearing in the 1st Story 2 Synopsis for the 1st Story 3 Notes 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 Recommended Reading 7 Links and References

Appearing in the 1st Story

Featured Characters:

• Batman

Supporting Characters:

• Alexander Knox
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Commissioner Gordon
• Vicki Vale

Villains:

• The Joker
• Joker's henchmen
• Bob the Goon
• Carl Grissom
• Carl Grissom's mobsters
• Lt. Eckhardt

Other Characters:

• Alicia Hunt
• Gotham City Police Department
• Harvey Dent
• Becky (a news broadcaster)
• Harold (Jimmy's father)
• Jimmy (a child)
• Johnny Gobbs (Behind the scenes)
• Martha Wayne (flashback only)
• Thomas Wayne (flashback only)
• Mayor Borg
• Peter (a news broadcaster)

Locations:

• Burtonverse
• Gotham City

• Axis Chemicals
• Flugelheim Museum
• Gotham City Cathedral
• Gotham City Hall
• Gotham City Police Headquarters
• Gotham Globe
• Monarch Theater
• Park Row
• Vicki Vale's apartment
• Wayne Manor
• Batcave

Items:

• Batcomputer
• Batsuit
• Batarang
• Bat-Signal
• Utility Belt
• Smylex

Vehicles:

• Batmobile
• Batplane
• Jokercopter
  
  

Synopsis for the 1st Story

As Alexander Knox, a reporter for the Gotham Gazette, pursues the story of the mysterious vigilante of the night called Batman with the help of news photographer Vicki Vale, Carl Grissom has Jack Napier raid Axis Chemicals to remove any evidence of its ties to Grissom's criminal empire, using the raid as a set-up to remove Napier for his affair with Grissom's wife Alicia. Batman takes down Napier's men and attempts to rescue Napier from falling into a vat of chemicals, but fails in doing so, causing Napier to be changed into the maniacal terror known as the Joker. During Vicki's investigation of Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne, she discovers a secret of his that eventually leads her to connect the two people together, but she also becomes the object of the Joker's desire as he pursues her, killing people with his Smylex formula as he heads to his ultimate confrontation with the Dark Knight at the Gotham City cathedral tower. With the Joker's defeat, Batman gives Commissioner Gordon a signal to summon him in future times of need, and Vicki ends up leaving Knox as she goes off on a date with Bruce Wayne.

Notes

• Official comic book adaptation of the 1989 Batman film.

Trivia

• A slight sequence shift takes place during the part where the Joker's parade in Gotham City takes place, with the people being gassed by the balloons prior to the Joker having the gas actually being released.

See Also

• Write your own review of this comic!
• Discuss Batman: The Official Comic Adaptation Vol 1 1 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Batman (Movie Adaptations) series

Recommended Reading

• Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation
• Batman Forever: The Official Comic Adaptation
• Batman and Robin: The Official Comic Adaptation

Links and References

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