Coleccionable Batman #3
"Se cierra el círculo" delivers a chilling twist in the Batman mythos, as the Reaper returns not as a ghost of the past, but as Joseph Chill—the son of the man who killed Bruce Wayne’s parents. Written by Mike W. Barr and Félix Afuera, with bold artwork by Alan Davis and inks by Mark Farmer, this 2005 issue sees Rachel Caspian drawn back to Gotham, only to face a terrifying new threat. The cover, also by Alan Davis with Mark Farmer, captures the tension of a legacy reborn.
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The Reaper re-appears, but this time it is Joe Chill's son Joseph in the costume. Afraid her father has returned, Rachel Caspian heads to Gotham. Walking past the Wayne Foundation, Rachel runs into the Reaper. Batman saves her, but Chill manages to retrieve his father's gun. Working with his sister Marcia, Joseph kidnaps Rachel to use her as bait. Trapping Batman, the Chills use a psychoactive drug and a filmed re-enactment of his parents' deaths to try to drive the hero to suicide. But with a double-cross by Marcia and the help of Robin, Batman puts an end to Joseph's time as the Reaper.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).