Comic Title: Batman:Gothic – The Deluxe Edition HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2015
On Sale Date: July 22, 2015 Direct Market Date July 22, 2015
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Direct Market Date July 22, 2015
Source: Previews, #318

Cover Price: $24.99
Page Count: 144
Editor: Jeb Woodard

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Death Ship"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Klaus Janson
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Steven J. Buccellato

Reprinted From:
Legends of the Dark Knight #7 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #6; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #8)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #6; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #8)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Whisper (aka Mr. Wicker; last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #6; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #8)
• Ottavio (dies in this story; last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #6; no further appearances)
• Morgenstern (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #6; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #8)
• Tully (Ottavio's henchman; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The burning nun (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #6; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #8)
• Mr. Trimble (a security guard; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #9)
• Robert (a friend of young Bruce Wayne; dies in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Bruce Wayne (in flashback to his school days; last appearance in Secret Origins #39; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #9)
• Mr. Whisper (as Headmaster Winchester; in flashback to Bruce's school days; last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #9; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #9)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Thomas Wayne (in a dream)

Comments:
Gothic Volume Two

This story is continued from Legends of the Dark Knight #6 and continues in Legends of the Dark Knight #8.

Synopsis:
Crime boss Ottavio summons Batman with a Bat-Signal. He wants Batman's help to stop Mr. Whisper, a man Ottavio and his associates killed twenty years ago. Batman refuses to help, but when Ottavio mentions that Whisper casts no shadow, Bruce is reminded of his childhood. While attending private school as a boy, Bruce was taken to the office of Headmaster Winchester. While receiving corporal punishment, Bruce saw the severed head of his classmate Robert. He also saw that the headmaster, who later resigned following a scandal, cast no shadow.

When Mr. Whisper strikes at Ottavio, Batman surprises them both. Batman recognizes Mr. Whisper as Winchester, who also believes he knows Batman. Whisper escapes, but not before the poison he delivered has killed Ottavio.