DC Retroactive: Batman - The '80s #1
In "The Revenge of The Reaper!", Batman faces a chilling return from Gotham's past as a masked vigilante from twenty years prior resurfaces just as Bruce Wayne begins a new romance with Rachel Caspian—unaware that her father is the man he's hunting. With the Reaper's brutal methods echoing his own origins, Batman is forced to confront a dark temptation, wielding the very gun that killed his parents in a desperate bid to end the threat. Written by Mike W. Barr and brought to life by Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Adrienne Roy, and Richard Starkings, with a striking cover by Jerry Bingham, this 2011 DC Retroactive issue delivers a tense, character-driven thriller rooted in Gotham's shadowed history.
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A vigilante called the Reaper, who operated in Gotham City twenty years earlier, re-emerges just as Bruce Wayne begins a relationship with Rachel Caspian, though neither Bruce nor Rachel know that her father is the Reaper. After being badly beaten by the Reaper in their first encounter, Batman decides to use the very gun used to kill his parents to bring the Reaper down.
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