Comic Title: Batman:Gothic TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1992
On Sale Date: June 9, 1992 Shipping Date June 9, 1992
Source: Previews, Vol. 2 #3 (#39)

Direct Market Date June 10, 1992
Source: Usenet, Capital City : MISC: New Books-6/10/92

Shipping Date June 9, 1992
Source: Direct Currents, #52

Direct Market Date June 11, 1992
Source: Comic Shop News, #258, #261

Cover Price: $12.95
Page Count: 128
Editor: Michael Charles Hill

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Walpurgisnacht"
Pages: 24

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 #10 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #9; next appearance in Man of Steel #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #9; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #11)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Whisper (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #9; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The burning nun (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #8; no further appearances)

Comments:
Gothic Volume Five

This story is continued from Legends of the Dark Knight #9.

Synopsis:
Batman escapes from Mr. Whisper's death trap inside the Gotham Cathedral. He then attempts to stop the 300 year old killer from unleashing a deadly plague upon Gotham. Their confrontation leads to a subway tunnel. Mr. Whisker is hit by a train, but he is protected from death. Batman fights him off and prevents the plague from being released. Mr. Whisper escapes, but he finds the devil waiting for him in the body of the burning nun, one of his first victims 300 years earlier. Whisper is sent to hell.

Later, Batman receives a package containing Whisper's heart. He takes it back to the drowned monastery in Austria and throws it into the water. He hopes the death of her tormentor finally allows the burning nun her peace.