Running a long awaited group giveaway tomorrow in the comic book collecting group tomorrow. Make sure you have posted at least once in the group to be entered.

Recent CGC pick up all signature series.

Writer: Jim Starlin

Cover Artists: Mike Mignola, Anthony Tollin

After the explosion, Batman searches among the ashes and rubble of the warehouse where Robin was supposed to be along with his real mother Sheila Haywood. Batman has arrived too late to prevent the bomb from exploding and now the only thing he has left is hope.

After searching for a while, Batman finds Sheila near to death. She tells Batman what happened with the Joker and before dying, she regrets her actions but is proud of Jason. She dies in Batman's arms and the Dark Knight keeps searching for Jason. Moments later, Batman finds Jason's body lying on the ground and after taking his pulse, he finally realizes that Jason is dead. Batman holds the kid's body in his arms and sadly, he carries it away.

Meanwhile, the Joker makes a deal with the leaders of the Iranian Government.

Batman removes what little remains of Jason's costume that could have identified him as Robin and removes the evidence so the authorities won't find anything suspicious and will write off what happened as an accident. Bruce then takes the bodies of Jason and Sheila on his plane back to Gotham City. Before leaving, however, Batman examines the Joker's hideout, but finds only the dead bodies of the Joker's own henchmen and a message written on the wall for the Caped Crusader telling him where to meet him.

Back in Gotham, only four people — namely Bruce, Alfred, James Gordon and his daughter Barbara — attend the funeral of Jason Todd and Sheila Haywood (Bruce was unable to contact any of Sheila's old friends), and afterwards Bruce goes to the Batcave, and looks for the address the Joker left him and it turns out that the clown wants to meet Batman at the United Nations Building in New York City.

Batman is waiting for the Joker to show up when out of nowhere, Superman appears and tries to persuade Batman to leave the place in order to prevent an international incident. Batman doesn't understand Superman and punches him in the face, fortunately only bruising his knuckles. Superman tries to explain better, but at that moment, the Joker arrives and reveals that he is the new ambassador of the Iranian Government to the U.N. and thus, he can't be punished by any of his past crimes due to the diplomatic immunity granted to any ambassador. Batman watches in disbelief as his greatest foe stands in front of him, mocking him after killing Jason.

What is up everyone and welcome to the group. The admins and I have been busy at work getting some exciting things figured out for the group. First thing we will be doing is implementing monthly group giveaways. I will be announcing the first giveaway here in the next few days and how to be involved in the giveaway.

Writer: Jim Starlin

Cover Artists: Todd McFarlane, Anthony Tollin

Three GCPD officers sit in a diner and share stories about encounters they had with Batman that night. The first GCPD officer was dealing with a suicidal heroin addict about to jump off a bridge. Batman jumped off the bridge to save the boy's life and swung him to safety, then gave him a lecture about the value of life. The second officer responded to a robbery. A gang of punks took several people hostage inside a deli, and were threatening to execute an old lady unless their demands were met. Batman arrived and savagely beat the punks, filling them with terror and throwing the last one through a window. The third GCPD officer has a different kind of story.

Batman wipes away a tear.

He ran into Batman while pursuing two homeless children. He had heard that Batman was scary and violent, and worried about how Batman would respond to the children. Batman and the officer sat together with the kids until the kids were comfortable enough to tell their story. They were homeless because they were orphans, and they refused to go into the foster system where they would be split up. The officer saw Batman hide a single tear from the children, then hug them and tell them everything was going to be okay. His friend Bruce Wayne would put them up until their other family could be located. The first two officers refuse to believe the third officer's story, insisting that Batman would never cry.

In the morning, Bruce Wayne watches over the sleeping kids in Wayne Manor. Alfred Pennyworth asks him if the Dark Knight is going soft, and Bruce replies "not enough for anyone but you to notice."