BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #27

COVER TAGLINE: Creatures of Clay: Child's Clay TITLE: Creatures of Clay: Child's Clay STORY ARC: Knightquest: The Crusade RELEASE DATE: March, 1994 COVER DATE: May, 1994 WRITER: Alan Grant PENCILER(s): Vince Giarrano INKER(s): Bob Smith COLORS: Adrienne Roy LETTERS: Todd Klein EDITOR(s): Dennis O'Neil COVER: Brian Stelfreeze PRICE: $1.75 U.S./$2.00 Canada CHARACTERS: Batman (Jean Paul Valley); Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Leslie Thompkins; Clayface (Sondra Fuller), Clayface (Preston Payne); Abattoir (Arnold Etchinson) PLOT: When Lady Clayface is subdued by Batman, she tells him that she and her lover are only as they are because Abattoir has kidnapped their child. Batman then races to what was to have been their rendez-vous point and is able to save the life of the baby and take his father, Clayface III, into custody. However, he is unable to prevent Abattoir's escape, and as he wonders whether the baby Cassius will grow up to be a killer like his parents, Abattoir straps Graham Etchsion into a cruel death machine.

Continued From Shadow of the Bat #26 Continued In Batman #506

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SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING: Knightquest: The Search Knightfall Prodigal Troika Knightsend