I thought Joe Harris and Jim Calafiore did a fantastic job with this issue. Jim's art was perfect for this character. He has kind of a hectic, and frantic look to his stuff, and it was perfect for this story. Basically, Kurt is afraid of losing his wife, Francine. He has a bad dream that he's killed her from which he wakes up to find her missing. Oracle has sent out the call to arms, with Batman missing, for all of the operatives that might assist with the chaos in Gotham. Kurt sees this and assumes that's where Francine has gone. In his search for her he comes across Doctor Phosphorus. I'm not sure what the Doctor's motivations are, but he seems to want to talk to Kurt one on one . . Doctor to Doctor. It appears he has a theorem about Kurt. He thinks that the serum is just a crutch. That he should be able to change at will. So he destroys the bottle that he brought with him. Kurt tries to escape, crashing through the floor, only to find that his wife is indeed being held hostage. They try to escape but Phosphorus quickly catches up to them. Francine tries to help her husband, but when he sees her put in danger . . he finally reaches the point where he can change at will . . without the serum. I thought this was a great issue. It was a major development in the future of this character. But whether it's good or bad . . that has yet to be determined. At any rate, the Manbat seems to be firmly back in the Batman mythos. I have a feeling we'll be seeing him a lot around Gotham in the coming months.
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