Batman #276 (DC)
David V. Reed (w) Ernie Chua (a)
Batman has always attracted weirdos. Everyone from the Joker & Riddler to Harley Quinn it just seems natural that the villains he faces are always fruitcakes. This issue contains one more with whom I was not familiar and it seemed from the cover to have more of a supernatural nature than usual so I thought I'd give it a go.
An apparition of The Spook appears before the Batman on Kingsboro Bridge and the mystery begins as The Spook disappears and Bruce finds himself attacked from above and ends up in the river. The Spook floats down to a very belligerent Batman who attacks and the Spook bursts into flame. Batman has been tricked but why?
It seems The Spook wanted to record Batman's brain waves and use them against him in a campaign that would break the Bat . Each time they meet a subliminal command is broadcast to Bruce who always appears wherever the Batman goes.
Time after time Batman is pushed nearly going beyond his pledge not to kill. Yet this is the plan. The Spook wants to die and his nefarious scheme as Batman pretends to die with a little medical help and records Spooks plans.
Along side all this Commissioner Gordon is fretting about budget cuts and is pinning his hopes on a seemingly unreliable Bruce Wayne who has been somewhat distracted during this adventure!
Needless to say the Spook is caught and Bruce saves the day by reaching a deal to stop Gotham;s finest being cut.
Traditional Batman adventure without the Boy Wonder who is at University and to be found elsewhere in the DC Comics range.
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