Batman #423 DC (1988) 7.0 FN/VF Todd McFarlane Cover Classic

Writers: Jim Starlin

Artists: Dave Cockrum, Mike DeCarlo, Todd McFarlane

Characters: Alfred Pennyworth, Batman

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Three cops relate three tales of the Dark Knight, revealing different facets of Batman’s character.Three cops get together to talk about Batman. One of them tells how Batman saved a drug addict who attempts suicide. While saving the young man from jumping off a bridge, Batman demands he clean up his life. The other, a SWAT team member, tells how Batman stopped a hostage situation involving a gang. With Batarangs thrown and gang member’s limbs broken, the gang leader holds a gun to the head of an elderly woman. When the gang leader threatens the woman’s life, Batman retorts, “… And I swear that if you harm that woman at all, I’ll make you pay! I will break and twist things within you. You can’t conceive of the pain I can cause. It’s Pain that will go on forever! You won’t escape it… because I won’t let you die!” before throwing the addled gang member out the window. The third cop however tells about how he and Batman met two orphans and how they helped them get through their…