Detective Comics Vol 1 821
From DC Database
Hard to imagine a sparkling young woman such as yourself slaving away in that dry old tomb. 
- -- Bruce Wayne
Appearing in "The Beautiful People"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Façade (First appearance)
- Johnny Lange (First and only known appearance to date)
- Ryan
- Vanessa Ford (First and only known appearance to date)
Other Characters:
- Arthur Reed (Behind the scenes)
- Matthew Akins (First and only known appearance to date)
- Ronald Edwards (First and only known appearance to date)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Beautiful People"
Batman investigates a crime ring involving well-dressed muggers attacking various members of Gotham's high society. He beats up mugger Johnny Lange on a subway platform, but Lange missteps, falling backwards onto the rails where he is crushed by an oncoming train.
Batman returns to the Batcave and decides to investigate the matter further in the guise of Bruce Wayne. Changing clothes, he attends a party at the Peregrinator's Club where he meets several wealthy entrepreneurs, as well as a reporter named Vanessa Ford. Bruce suspects that Vanessa may be involved and checks on her background.
He tracks her back to the headquarters of a masked criminal known as Façade. Façade is in charge of the mugging operation and defends his home with a bizarre array of gun-toting mannequins. Batman and Robin raid the lair and apprehend Façade's goons, but the villain gets away.
Batman later traps him back to the Peregrinator's Club where he succeeds in unmasking him. Façade is actually Erik Hanson, a busboy working at the club. Erik was able to hack into the club's database in order to obtain information on people that he would later rob.
Notes
- Robin appeared last in Teen Titans (Volume 3) #37.
- This issue contains cameo flashback appearances of the Black Mask, Clayface, Harley Quinn, the Joker and Poison Ivy.
Trivia
- Writer Paul Dini is more popularly known as the writer/producer of the 1992 television program, Batman: The Animated Series.
- Peregrinator means to travel from place to place, especially on foot. How this naming convention relates to members of the Peregrinator's Club is unknown.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Batman at Wikipedia.org
- Batman Wikia Main Page
- Batman at dccomics.com
- Batman: Yesterday, Today and Beyond
- Batman at TV Tropes
- Detective Comics article at Wikipedia
- Detective Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Detective Comics series index at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Batman article at Wikipedia
- Batman biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
