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Batman # 455 1990 Identity Crisis, Part One pg 15 by Norm Breyfogle & Steve Mitchell

Artists: Norm Breyfogle (Penciller) , Steve Mitchell (Inker) , Todd Klein (Letterer) , Alan Grant (Writer)

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Title:	Batman # 455 1990 Identity Crisis, Part One pg 15 by Norm Breyfogle & Steve Mitchell
Artist:	Norm Breyfogle (Penciller)
Artist:	Steve Mitchell (Inker)
Artist:	Todd Klein (Letterer)
Artist:	Alan Grant (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
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Batman # 455 October 1990
"Identity Crisis, Part One" pg 15
Inks over pencil on DC Comics art board
Pencils: Norm Breyfogle (Signed lower middle in panel)
Inks: Steve Mitchell
Writer: Alan Grant
Letters: Todd Klein

"Identity Crisis, Part One"Edit
It is almost dawn in Gotham City when Batman responds to gun shots. He encounters a masked gunman who shoots four people, killing two. Batman disarms the gunman and slams into him. Pulling off the mask he finds a sixty-seven year woman who later explains her actions as a whim. Meanwhile reporter Vicki Vale finds and photographs some homeless people. As she leaves another criminal, wearing an identical mask as the old woman, arrives and attacks the homeless men with an axe.

Tim Drake has a dream where he is tormented over his mother's death by images of Batman and Nightwing. In the dream, Tim seems most distraught by the heroes' masks. Batman wakes him up and reminds him that today is his mother's funeral. Vicki developes her photographs and discovers that she has an image of the masked criminal who attacked the homeless men. Bruce and Alfred watch a newsreport of yet another man dressed in the same mask who killed eight people in a store before being shot/killed by policemen. He is identified as Josef Macky. Tim is in the Batcave looking at Jason Todd's Robin costume and begins to understand the desire to wear a mask and take revenge. Bruce advises Tim to accept his anger instead of fighting it. They leave for the funeral.

Vicki watches a news report of the homeless men who were attacked. After killing three of the homeless men, the killer was pushed by the others into their fire. He is identified as a bus driver. Vicki reinspects the photos thinking she may have evidence that the police can use. She enlarges a car leaving the scene in order to get the license plate number. At the funeral Dick Grayson offers Tim his help and speaks with Bruce who tells him that Tim wants to wear the Robin costume but that bruce doesn't want that. Vicki takes the photo of the license plate to the police. Lt. Kitch tells her that they already had the number and had traced it to Rico Marcuse who said he was driving by on his way to work. They could find no connection between him and ax-killer. Vicki's not convinced and decides to track Rico down herself.

After Tim searches unsuccessfully on the computer all afternoon trying to link the various murderers, Bruce decides to hit the streets and denies Tim's requests to join him. Batman tells Tim he doesn't think Tim's ready for the responsibility that comes with the mask. Tim says he doesn't understand and Batman tells him that, when he does, he might be ready. Batman orders Tim to stay put or he'll never get the chance to be Robin. Meanwhile, Vicki tracks Rico to his workplace and finds his car. As she decides her course of action, she is confronted by a sledge-hammer wielding masked man.

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