Comic Title: Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2003
On Sale Date: September 4, 2003 Direct Market Date September 3, 2003
Source: Previews, Vol. 13 #4 (#172)

Direct Market Date September 4, 2003
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Thursday, September 4, 2003

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 240
Editor: Robert Greenberger

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "But Bork Can Hurt You"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)
Flash (Barry Allen of Earth-1)

Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Neal Adams
Inker: Vince Colletta

Reprinted From:
Brave & the Bold #81 (1968)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #181; next appearance in Detective Comics #382)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #184; next appearance in Flash #185)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #207; next appearance in Batman #209)

Villain(s)

• Carl Bork (no further appearances)
• Milo Manning and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A representative from an African nation and a commando unit (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Small-time hood Carl Bork suddenly discovers that he is invulnerable to any physical harm. Using his new ability, Bork takes over a local gang and stymies police who cannot stop the bulletproof crook. Even Batman is unable to beat Bork, who begins raising a criminal army to take over Gotham City.

Batman and the police try to hold off Bork, while the Flash searches the world for the source of Bork's power. He discovers that a statue of Bork is responsible, and it shares a mystical connection to its subject. Flash locates the statue, but, like Bork, it too proves to be invulnerable. Flash is finally able to damage the hand slightly with a laser, but the laser is not powerful enough to harm the statue further.

Batman notices that Bork's hand is no longer invulnerable. He believes that Flash is working on the problem and is inspired by the progress. Rather than risk a war in the streets of Gotham, he challenges Bork to a one-on-one fight. Bork's invulnerability proves more than a match for Batman. However, the Caped Crusader holds on to hope that Flash will come up with the answer to defeat Bork. His hope is rewarded when Flash is able to drag the statue into the sun where it is consumed. Once the statue is destroyed, Bork loses his power and is defeated by Batman.