The Dark Knight: Batman Undercover

The Dark Knight: Batman Undercover — page 5 — Matches gave up hope of finding casual conversation and found a seat in the back of the subway car as the train rose above ground Matches loved talking with folks but most of the time they didn’t enjoy talking with him That made him angry RRRRRRRING The criminal’s cell interrupted his brooding He flicked open the phone and listened I’ll be there in a few minutes he said You just make sure you don’t forget to bring the money The old man nearby wrapped himself in his blankets and glared at Matches In front of the old man stood a shopping cart stuffed with plastic bags empty bottles and old newspapers Just some homeless guy Matches thought

The Dark Knight: Batman Undercover — page 6

The Dark Knight: Batman Undercover — page 7 — When the subway stopped at the station closest to Harper Pier Matches Malone stepped outside still shouting into his cell phone Look buddy he said if you want this thing you better come out to the pier right now I’m not going to sit around and wait all night Just before the subway doors closed the old man got up and jumped out of the car leaving behind his shopping cart The old man moved with surprising quickness He was graceful and agile like a trained athlete That’s because the old man wasn’t an old man at all He was Batman The Dark Knight had been following Matches Malone in disguise all night And now he was about to catch his prey As Batman trailed Matches out of the subway

The Dark Knight: Batman Undercover — page 8 — station Batman spoke softly into the earpiece that was hidden by his fake beard Robin he said Matches is headed toward Harper Pier Several miles away the Boy Wonder started his motorcycle and raced toward the pier This was a very important case Matches Malone had gotten his hands on the Cosmic Annihilator a deadly weapon that had been created by Darkseid one of Superman’s most feared foes His creation was so powerful that it could blow up an entire planet with ease Darkseid had planned to use the Cosmic Annihilator during his invasion of Earth but a team of heroes led by Superman defeated him Before Darkseid could use the weapon he was sent back to Apokolips As Darkseid vanished the Cosmic Annihilator fell from his hands and was lost somewhere in Gotham Harbor

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