DC COMICSBeware The Batman - Chapter 01 By Readonlinecomic
Gotham Bad guy said HUHHH… HUHHH..,HUHHH… ACK! Bad Guy said WHAT IS THIS, A JOKE? AM I SUPPOSED T' BE SCARED OF SOME CRAZY
LITTLE GIRL WITH A SWORD? Katana I DON'T
HAVE TIME To Tell You All The Things Wrong WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUT NO. Bad guy said You're Supposed TO BE Scared
Batman said YOU'RE THE FOREMAN AT SIMON STAGG'S FOURTH STREET WAREHOUSE, YOU'VE
BEEN RUNNING 'ROUND-THE-CLOCK SHIFTS FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS, WHAT'S STAGG uP TO?
Bad Guy said I DUNNO! I DUNNO! I SWEAR! I DON'T Even Think The OLD Man Himself knows! SOME
NEW Executive GAVE US Bonuses TO Speed
UP A Product Launch. IT Was Supposed To Be Next Month, Now it's. Tomorrow
Bad Guy keeps talking THAT'S ALL I. KNOW…PLEASE DON'T HURT ME… He's gone Tough Guy PLEASE… LET'S JUST KEEP THIS US, little encounter between you and us OKAY? OR YOU'LL Find Out Just What This "Crazy Little Girl" Can Do With Her Sword When She Gets mad
Katana said I DON'T KNOW, BRUCE. INSTEAD OF SCARING SOME STAGG FLUNKY, COULDN'T YOU JUST ASK THE BOSSMAN HIMSELF? AFTER ALL,
YOU ARE GOING TO A PARTY AT HIS CORPORATE
HEADQUARTERS. Bruce said YOU HEARD THE MAN, TATSU, STAGG MAY BE IN THE DARK ABOUT THIS. BESIDES, I FIND FEAR YIELDS INFORMATION BETTER THAN COCKTAILS. Alfred said BRUCE, TATSU, Bruce said YES Alfred?I Suggest You Take AN Alternative Route TO The Stagg Center. WE'RE
Already Turning
Onto Robinson CIRCLE. Katana said What's The Problem? Alfred said The fight back movement has just reached Gotham city
Bruce said Fightback Protests Have Already Sprung Up IN New York, L.A. And Metropolis. Surprise Gotham Would Make The LIST. I'LL Walk
From Here Maybe They'll mistake me for a waiter stragg said AH, Wayne. I TRUST THOSE Trick-OR-Treaters Outside DIDN'T CALISE YOU Too Much Trouble? I WAS JUST TELLING THE MAYOR HERE THAT WE SHOULD LOCK THEM
UP AND Throw Away The Key. Bruce said Halloween Was Last Week. SIMON. AND JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T DRESS LIKE Stockholders Doesn't Make Them Criminals.
amanda walter Said MAYBE SO, Mister Wayne, BUT MY ADMINISTRATION WON'T LET THESE
Ruffians Disrupt Gothams Business Community Any Longer.I've DIRECTED THE POLICECOMMISSIONER TO ASSIGN ALL HIS OFFICERS TO PROTECT STAGG Industries And Other Fightback Targets UNTIL This Crisis Passes.
Bruce said BUT YOUR HONOR, AREN'T THE
POLICE ALREADY STRETCHED PRETTY THIN TRYING TO CAPTURE BATMAN? EXTRA PROTECTION FOR GOTHAM'S WEALTHIEST PEOPLE RISKS PUTTING
A Lot Of People In DANGER. Walter said NOT Necessarily.
Stragg said Gentlemen, Allow
Me TO Introduce ROBERT CATESBY, The
New Head OF MY Home Security Product
Division . Robert said IN LIGHT OF THE Protests,
I'VE Convinced Simon TO Make Our New System
Free TO The Public For Robert said We Just Announced THE Price Break AND We'll Be IN Over
Ninety Percent OF Gotham's Homes BY Midnight
TOMORROW. IT'S KILLING ME TO BE
SO GENEROUS--BUT Personal Security IS
THE Most Important Thing We CAN Provide
TO Gotham.
You Know THAT Better Than Anyone, DON'T YOU, Wayne? After WHAT Happened TO YOUR Parents And ALL,
Bruce said I'M Afraid I HAVE TO CALL IT AN EARLY NIGHT. CONGRATIATESS,Simon., .I'M SURE I'LL TALK TO YOU AGAIN. Katana said Leaving Already? Did YOU EAT A BAD SHRIMP OR SOMETHING? bruce said NO. IT WAS Stagg's COMPANY I Couldn't Stomach.TELL Alfred
We'll Meet Him In The Cave
Alfred said BRUCE, DID YOU ACTUALLY LEAVE
SIMON STAGG'S PARTY WITHOUT SAYING Goodbye TO THE Mayor Of Gotham City?
Bruce said THE only thing I COULD DO TO Insult The Mayor
Would BE TO Bounce A Check TO Her Campaign. SHE'LL Get OVER IT. Bruce What Do
You Have For Me On The Product Stagg Was All Excited About? SOME SORT OF HOME-SECURITY System?
Alfred said YOU MEAN THISP FRESH OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, IN ADDITION TO A BANK-QUALITY Locking MECHANISM, IT Wirelessly Networks All The Locks, Through Stagg's Servers TO THE Gotham Police Department. Batman said SO IT'S AN Unbreakable LOCK AND A Burglar Alarm.
Alfred said But Why Would Simon Give
This Away FOR Free? Even if
He'll Make Up THE Losses IN Time, He's Not The Sort
To Let A Dollar Get Past HIM.
Batman said IT IS SUSPICIOUS. ALMOST
AS SUSPICIOUS AS HIS NEW Executive , Robert
Catesby, I'M Certain he and I met somewhere before And I'M Even More Certain… the man's a fake
Batman said IN A LITTLE UNDER TWO MINUTES,
CATESBY USED FOUR DIFFERENT ACCENTS, AMONG THEM UPPER-CRUST LONGISLAND AND BLUE-COLLAR KEYSTONE CITY. THE HEEL ON
HIS LEFT SHOE WASA FULL CENTIMETER HIGHER THAN THE ONE ON HIS RIGHT, GIVING HIM A MANUFACTURED LIMP, ALSO…, ...I SMELLED A TRACE OF LATEX AND SPIRIT-GUM ADHESIVE, INDICATING THAT HE WAS WEARING A FALSE FACE.
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Katana said Huh. AND HE MUST BE THE Executive Stagg's Foreman Told US About,
THE ONE WHO Accelerated Production BEHIND Stagg's Back.
Batman said Catesby KNEW DEMAND WAS GOING
TO SKYROCKET BECAUSE Fightback WAS COMING
TO Gotham, Which Means HE Knew THAT Fightback WAS Coming Long Before AnybodELSE DID. Alfred KEEP Analyzing This. There's AN Extra Chipset Embedded IN THE Central Processor. I Need TO Know What IT Does, IN The Meantime, Katana AND I Will GO Pay Mister Catesby A VISIT. Katana Said HOW WILL WE Find Him ? Batman Said WHEN
I Shook HIS Hand. I PLANTED A TRACKER
ON HIM. Katana said YOU KEEP Trackers WITH YOU Every Time You GO TO A Cocktail Batman Party? DOESN'T EVERYONE? Katana said You sure This is the place Looks awfully quiet batman said katana Get down Ba-room
Bruce said What time is it Alfred saidIT'S Nearly 10 P.M. I WAS ABOUT TO COME GET YOu. YOU'VE BEEN UNCONSCIOUS FOR Almost Twenty
Hours AND I Know How YOU Hate TO Oversleep. Bruce said FUNNY. WHAT HAVE I MISSED? Katana Said BESIDES ME Dragging You Away FROM Catesby"S Trap AND Getting THE Batmoblie AND THE CYCLE HOME BEFORE I Passed Out From BLOOD LOSS? NOT MUCH.
Alfred said I DID AN INITIAL FORENSIC SCAN OF THE EXPLOSIVE RESIDUE ON YOU AND TATSU.
FOR SOMEONE WHO LOVES HIGH-TECH TOYS SO MUCH, CATESBY'S BOMB WAS AWFULLY OLD-SCHOOL. JUST GUNPOWDER AND A FUSE,
Katana said The Plot Thickens
Bruce said Gunpowder ...PLOT ALFRED.
CAN YOU Hack THE Internal Clock ON THE Stagg Lock We Have IN THE Cave? Alfred said CERTAINLY.
Why? Bruce said BECAUSE WHATEVER THE PLAN IS, IT'S Going TO Happen AT Midnight TONIGHT. AND WE NEED A SNEAK PREVIEW. Katana said Bruce MIDNIGHT? WHO TOLD YOU THAT? Bruce said to katana YOU DID.
Bruce said Turn THE Clock AHEAD To 11:55. Alfred said ON IT. Bruce, WHY Did YOU ACT SO ODDLY
IN THE Kitchen
When YOU Said "Gunpowder PLOT.. Oh, NO… katana said Okay, SO I'M Officially THE LAST TO KNOW, Explanation ? Anyone? Alfred said Today IS November Fourth.AT MIDNIGHT, IT WILL BE THE Fifth, katana said WITH YOU SO FAR, STILL NOT REALLY GETTING IT. Bruce said HE PICKED HIS ALIAS ON PURPOSE. Robert Catesby WAS AN ASSOCIATE OF GUY Fawkes. Alfred said FAWKES IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE "GUNPOWDER TREASON," A 1605 PLOT TO Bring Down The British Government WITH Explosives. ON November Fifth. Katana said BUT These Locks Don't Have Gunpowder IN THEM,
Or Else The Computer WOULD HAVE Found
IT. SO What's The Plan? AND WHO'S Catesby?
Katana said OH, NO… Anarky said PEOPLE
OF Gotham City! YOUR Liberation IS
AT Hand! THE Days OF
Oppressive LAW AND Unnatural Order Have Passed. From Now ON, There IS ONLY. ANARKY,
To be continued
