BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #82

COVER TAGLINE: Road to No Man's Land: Wax Man and the Clown: 3 TITLE: Road to No Man's Land: Wax Man and the Clown 3 STORY ARC: Road to No Man's Land RELEASE DATE: December, 1998 COVER DATE: February, 1999 WRITER: Alan Grant PENCILER(s): Mark Buckingham INKER(s): Robert Campanella COLORS: Pam Rambo; Digital Chameleon LETTERS: Bill Oakley EDITOR(s): Dennis O'Neil, Jordan B. Gorfinkel COVER: Glen Orbik, Laurel Blechman PRICE: $1.95 U.S./$3.00 Canada CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Jeremiah Arkham; David Thurman; Joker; Wax Man; Pinhead; Two-Face (Harvey Dent); The Riddler (Edward Nigma); Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane); Cornelius Stirk; Ventriloquist (Arnold Wesker); Scarface; Killer Croc (Waylon Jones); Zsasz; Vox; Solly Bean; Jigsaw Man (Greg Rourke); Maxie Zeus; Tweedledee; Tweedledum; Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley); Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries); Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch); Nicholas Scratch COVER ART:

Continued From Shadow of the Bat #81 Continued In Batman #562

PLOT: The villains quickly surround Batman and begin to beat him to a bloody pulp. Dr. Arkham finally intervenes but it's too late - Batman appears to be dead. Fortunately the man behind the mask turns out to be none other than Arkham's former aide David Thurman. Arkham quickly retreats back to his office where he tries repeatedly to get in touch with officials but to no avail. Meanwhile the inmates decide to use the last of the food supply to have a massive feast which in the cases of Solly Bean and Cornelius Stirk include the flesh of their fellow prisoners. Finally the Joker leads a charge to take down Arkham in his office. In a last ditch effort to save his life, Arkham frees the inmates with the one condition that none of them go into Gotham City. Fortunately for them that may not even be an option as the news begins broadcasting the news - Gotham City will be shut off from the world and deemed "No Man's Land"!

SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING: Cataclysm Aftershock No Man's Land