Batman Vol 1 608
From DC Database
Like the view? It's about the only thing you're going to catch tonight. 
- -- Catwoman
Appearing in "Hush (Part I of XII) - The Ransom"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Carlos Valdez (Single appearance)
- Catwoman
- Hush (Behind the scenes)
- Killer Croc
- Poison Ivy
- Nails Nathan (Single appearance)
- Spider Hancock (Single appearance)
- Tommy Harper (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Edward Lamont IV
- Martha Wayne (In flashback only)
- Thomas Wayne (In flashback only)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Hush (Part I of XII) - The Ransom"
A physically altered Killer Croc kidnaps Edward Lamont IV, heir to the Lamont Chemical fortune. He is holding him for a ten million dollar ransom. Batman tracks the boy down and rescues him and gets into a fight with Croc. Batman defeats Croc by using a hyper-sonic device that sends Croc reeling over with pain. During the fight however, Catwoman arrives and sneaks off with the ransom money.
Batman takes off swinging after Catwoman. He's hot on her tail, but Catwoman leaps from rooftop to rooftop always two steps ahead of him. As Batman closes in for the capture, something cuts through his batline. He falls all the way to the street below and is knocked unconscious. The fall, and his recent battle with Croc severely injures him.
Catwoman meanwhile meets up with Poison Ivy and hands her the ten million. Something is definitely odd here, as Catwoman appears to be submissive to Poison Ivy's charms.
As yet, no one knows who cut the batline.
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Batman: Hush, Volume 1.
- With this issue, the Batman title changes its logo design.
- Oracle is referred to only as "O" in this issue.
First Appearances: Carlos Valdez (Chilean mercenary); Edward Lamont IV (heir to the Lamont chemical fortune); Nails Nathan (former C.I.A. operator); Spider Hancock (hired thug); Tommy Harper (gun runner for the I.R.A.)
Final Appearances: Carlos Valdez; Edward Lamont IV; Nails Nathan; Spider Hancock; Tommy Harper
Trivia
- This issue includes a two-page origin prologue entitled, "The Batman: Who He Is, and How He Came to Be". The title is taken from the origin recap story first presented in Batman #1.
- Various dirigibles can be seen floating in the sky above Gotham City. Dirigibles were commonly used as police patrol vehicles in the 1992 Batman animated television series.
- The events of this issue take place on Wednesday, November 27th, 2002. [1]
Related Articles
- Batman image gallery
- Batman appearances list
- Batman quotes page
- Catwoman image gallery
- Catwoman appearances list
- Hush (Storyline)
- Hush appearances list
- Killer Croc appearances list
- Poison Ivy image gallery
- Poison Ivy appearances list
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- ↑ Daily Planet newspaper articles bearing a Thursday, November 28th, 2002 press date are shown in Batman #609, indicating that all of the events from this issue take place on the previous Wednesday.
