Another masterpiece by Bruce Jones and Ariel Olivetti. I know that they're probably only on this book for this storyarc, but I really wish they would stick around longer. Unfortunately, that's not how this book is setup. I guess our best hope is that they'll show up on another book in the near future. Ok, there's 2 rich sisters, Janie and Lilith Rutledge. Bruce has become enamored with Lilith, while Janie was set to marry Conrad Billingsworth. But, before the wedding could take place, Janie was abducted. The abductors have been sending notes to Lilith demanding a ransom, and sending fingers from Janie with their messages. Now here's the twist, the Billingsworth's are broke. Conrad was marrying Janie because he thought he could get his hands on her inheritence. But, the Rutledge's are also broke. In the middle of this mix is Benny Bedlam, a wiseguy who seems to know everything that is going on, but isn't actually involved in any of it. He's just playing both sides against the middle. For what advantage we don't know yet. Bruce finally decides to pay the ransom, so he can find out what happened to Janie. Lilith takes the case out to the dock and drops it off. Batman watches from the shadows but no one shows to pick it up. When he goes down to investigate, he finds Janie's body floating in the water. Like I said, great story and fantastic art.
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