Scarecrow's Panic Plot

Scarecrow's Panic Plot — page 1 — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 SCARE TACTICS CHAPTER 2 FEAR FACTORS CHAPTER 3 FRIGHT FEST CHAPTER 4 AVERSION THERAPY CHAPTER 5 FEAR OF FLYING Scarecrow Biographies Sketches Final Art Comics Terms Glossary Visual Questions

Scarecrow's Panic Plot — page 2 — CHAPTER 1 SCARE TACTICS For Batman work began well after nightfall when Gotham City was cloaked in darkness That’s when the worst criminals came out of their hiding places And Batman would catch them or send them scurrying back into the shadows By 10 38 p m the Dark Knight had already thwarted a bank heist planned by the twin terrors Tweedledee and Tweedledum He dumped the brothers bound and gagged at the footsteps of the Gotham City Police Department Then he sped off in the Batmobile in search of more troublemakers to catch Most nights Batman ran without headlights The Batmobile had an onboard crash-avoidance system very much like the sonar of his namesake

Scarecrow's Panic Plot — page 3 — the bat In other words the Batmobile could steer itself even in the dark It also ran ultra-quiet which gave Batman a big advantage in being able to sneak up on the bad guys Fifteen minutes later Batman took a hard left SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH The Batmobile’s tires squealed across the pavement toward Gotham Park The park remained a mostly unspoiled woodland area that was older than the founding of the city itself A deep dark forest surrounded on all sides by concrete and steel canyons Citizens of Gotham City often went into the park during their lunch hours to escape the bustle of the city But at night Gotham Park was a no man’s land The moon was full so the park’s towering trees were made more frightening in the long slats of light Anyone who dared to travel the park’s wooded labyrinth of walking and biking trails in darkness was truly brave Or just plain crazy

Scarecrow's Panic Plot — page 4 — The rest that ventured in were usually out-of towners who didn’t know any better Sometimes crooks entered the park at night to meet other criminals And tourists and criminals are never a good mix for obvious reasons Batman piloted the Batmobile along the main access road through the park He scanned through the Batmobile’s tinted canopy On the outside the dark material reflected the leaves rustling in the breeze But inside the canopy’s surface displayed the heat signatures and movements of three figures just ahead Motion detectors and night-vision mounted in the Batmobile captured three figures just ahead It appeared that someone was being chased by two attackers Time to get back to work Batman said Batman stepped hard on the Batmobile’s accelerator pedal and steered onto the park’s grass clearing VROOOOOOM

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