Detective Comics #578
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Batman Year Two Chapter Four: '...So Shall Ye Reap...'", Mike W. Barr and Todd McFarlane deliver a tense, emotionally charged chapter where Bruce Wayne’s personal life collides with Gotham’s underworld. As Bruce prepares to propose to Rachel, the Reaper strikes during a mob gathering, forcing Batman into a brutal confrontation that ends in tragedy and a chilling reckoning with the past. The cover by Todd McFarlane and Pablo Marcos captures the moment’s grim intensity, while McFarlane’s dynamic art and Adrienne Roy’s colors heighten the story’s dark, brooding atmosphere.
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While Bruce proposes to Rachel, the Reaper attacks the gathered mob bosses. Batman arrives late to the fight, and the Reaper escapes again, while Joe Chill is knocked unconscious. When Chill comes to, Batman takes the thug to the alley where he killed the Waynes and reveals their connection. But before Batman can complete his revenge, the Reaper kills Joe Chill. Batman and the Reaper fight one final time and the Reaper falls to his death. Later, Batman disposes of Joe Chill's gun in the base of the Wayne Foundation Building and Rachel enters the convent to atone for the sins of her father.
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