Batman: Legend Issue #2
Forsaken Bat
Cover
Bruce Wayne is hitting Jason Todd's costume case with a crowbar as it cracks.
Page1
Panel1. Forsaken Bat in big letters
Bruce Wayne stands in the batcave, looking over a ledge. The Batman costume is falling into the deepest caverns of the cave.
Bruce: NEVER AGAIN WILL PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE OF ME.
Page 2
Panel 1. Bruce Wayne is shattering Jason's costume case with a crowbar.
SFX: Crash!
Bruce: JASON'S GONE!
Panel 2. Bruce shatters Barbara's costume case
Bruce: BARBARA'S GONE!
Panel 3. Bruce shatters Dick's costume case
Bruce: DICK'S GONE!
Panel 4. Bruce shatters Tim's costume case.
Bruce: TIM'S GONE!
Panel 5. Batman raises the bar to smash the empty Batman case.
Bruce: AND BATMAN…
Page 3
Panel 1. Bruce shatters Batman's case
Bruce: HE'S GONE TOO!
Panel 2. Bruce is on both knees, sobbing
Bruce: I'M SORRY MOTHER
Panel 3. Bruce gets up
Bruce: I'M SORRY FATHER
Panel 4. Bruce approaches the door to the Batcave
Bruce: BUT I WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE MORE DEATH… I DON'T THINK I COULD STAND IT.
Panel 5. Bruce turns off the lights in the batcave.
Page 4
Panel 1. A black man and woman sit on a porch, talking
Sidenote: Downtown Gotham. The home of Brian and Rebecca David.
Brian: THE BATMAN'S DONE FOR.
Rebecca: NO WAY, HONEY.
Panel 2. Different Angle
Brian: AND YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
Rebecca: BUT BATMAN IS COMING BACK.
Brian: I SAW THE COWL MYSELF. I'M TELLING YOU, THE GUY CANT STAND THE STRAIN ANYMORE!
Panel 3. Different Angle
Rebecca: NEITHER COULD YOU.
Panel 4. Brian gets up to go inside.
Brian: WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE.
Page 5.
Panel 1. Brian turns the lights on in his basement to reveal a table with chemistry equipment, a computer, a costume case, and a shelf full of equipment.
Sidenote: I originally intended to ask to join Batman.
Page 6
Pane1. Brian slips his costume out of the case
Sidenote: But now that he's gone…
Panel 2. Brian is in full costume,
with a long eared batman style silver mask. The eyes are ice blue. His costume
is all silver with an ice blue bat on his chest. He looks leaner than
Batman, but still very strong.
Sidenote: I guess I'll have to wing it.
Panel 3. The cellar door that leads to the outside lies ajar and the moon consumes all of the visible night.
Page 7
Panel 1. Bruce is watching TV and Alfred is behind him.
Alfred: I BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN A ROBBERY AT THE MUSEUM, SIR.
Bruce: POISON IVY.
Panel 2. Alfred opens the clock door.
Alfred: I'LL PREPARE THE BATMOBILE.
Bruce: NO.
Alfred: SIR?
Panel 3. Bruce walks away
Bruce: I SAID NO.
Alfred: OH MY.
Panel 4. The batsignal shines over Wayne Manor.
Page 8
Panel 1. Poison Ivy is standing in the museum lobby, surrounded by vines.
Poison Ivy: PLANTS… GO GET THE PLANTS!
Panel 2. The vines are snaking out toward the wing labeled natural history.
Panel 3. Poison Ivy is smiling as one vine returns a vase full of a rare plant.
Poison Ivy: THAT'S MY BABY.
Panel 4. Poison Ivy turns towards the window as it shatters.
Brian: YOU'RE GOING DOWN, IVY.
Panel 5. Ivy is still standing there, smiling.
Ivy: YOU'RE NOT EVEN HIM.
Page 9
Panel 1. Brian lands on the floor with one hand on the ground, hunkered down.
Brian: NEWSFLASH.
Panel 2. Brian jumps right in front of Ivy.
Brian: I AM BATMAN.
Panel 3. Brian punches Ivy in the jaw.
SFX: CRACK!
Panel 4. Blood drips off Ivy's chin as she falls to the floor.
Ivy: NEWSFLASH … I'M NOT SOME HELPLESS THUG.
Panel 5. Vines are seen grabbing Brian's ankles.
Brian: SHUT UP.
Panel 6. Brian cuts the vines deftly with a laser cutter that pops out of his wrist gauntlets
Page 10
Panel 1. Brian steps back and assumes a fighting stance.
Brian: ALL RIGHT, PLANT LADY. YOU'RE FINISHED.
Ivy: OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR HOMEWORK.
Panel 2. Brian brings out a digital camera and tosses it over to Ivy.
Brian: WANNA BET?
Panel 3. Ivy's eyes widen
Ivy: NO.
Panel 4. Brian takes a step closer.
Brian: YES.
Panel 5. The mini-screen on the camera is shown, revealing several dead plants lying in one section of the museum.
Brian: IT'S AMAZING WHAT AN OVERDOSE OF PESTICIDES CAN DO TO YOUR PLANTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE ONLY THOSE SMALL ONES YOU USE FOR THESE KINDS OF ROBBERIES.
Panel 6. Brian brings out cuffs.
Brian: THEY'RE ALL DEAD.
Panel 7. Brian cuffs her as she shakes.
Brian: I MAY NOT BE HIM, BUT I CAN TRY TO PLAY THE PART.
Ivy: YOU… ANIMAL.
Page 11
Panel 1. Brian escorts her out of the front door.
Brian: YEAH, I AM AN ANIMAL…
Panel 2. Different Angle.
Brian: A BAT.
Panel 3. Ivy is left alone as Brian grapples off.
Ivy: CHEAP IMITATION.
Panel 4. The police take her into a car.
Policeman: THE BAT?
Ivy: NO… BUT IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN.
Panel 5. Brian is perched on top of the museum, crouched between two gargoyles.
Page 12
Panel 1. Bruce is watching the television
TV: POISON IVY WAS APPARENTLY APPREHENDED BY THE MYSTERIOUS BATMAN, THE SAME URBAN LEGEND THAT HAS SUPPOSEDLY PROTECTED GOTHAMITES FOR YEARS.
Panel 2. Bruce turns off the TV.
Bruce: THIS IS GOING TO BE TROUBLESOME.
Alfred: I WASN'T AWARE THAT YOU CARED ABOUT INNOCENTS ANYMORE, SIR.
Panel 3. Alfred walks off.
Bruce: ALFRED…
Panel 4. Bruce bows his head and covers it with his hands.
Page 13
Panel 1. Brian is taking off his costume in his basement.
Sidenote: All this equipment is nearly all of my savings. I can barely afford food now.
Panel 2. Brian puts his cowl back in its case.
Sidenote: I'll probably lose my job.
Panel 3. Brian puts his utility belt back on the desk.
Sidenote: I'll never have any spare energy. I'll have no free time.
Panel 4. Brian is turning out the lights in the basement.
Sidenote: But now there's someone to answer the bat-signal.
Page 14
Panel 1. Splash Page with Brian crouched with his suit on.
Sidenote: And that's well worth it.
The End
