| Synopsis | - Seventy-two hours ago, Batman worked over a mook named Raju. He was Batman's only hope left of getting confirmation on Dollmaker's operations. Fortunately, after having his head shoved into a toilet a few times, Raju squealed.
Now, on top of Gotham City Police Headquarters, Harvey Bullock and Lieutenant Forbes investigate after the Bat-Signal was activated while the Commissioner was missing. Forbes works for Internal Affairs, and suspects that Batman is involved in the murder of a police officer named McAlloy. Bullock is unconvinced, and demands all of McAlloy's files, to see what he was connected with. Before leaving the roof, Bullock notices the note that the Commissioner sent to Batman indicating that he is being held in the abandoned Mercy Hospital.
Meanwhile, Batman himself has been captured by the Dollmaker, and attached to wires which make him a veritable human marionette. He is forced to fight with thugs dressed up as the Joker - all to prove that he is the real thing, so that his eventually mutilated body can be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Elsewhere in the hospital, Olivia Carr, a young girl who the Dollmaker adopted into his 'family,' sneaks into the operating room in which Commissioner Gordon is being held. Gordon is weak from having had his kidney removed against his will. Olivia confirms that Batman has arrived, but that his prospects look grim. She admits that the Dollmaker put her up to luring Batman there, and then Gordon admits that he knew. He promises that all he cares about is saving her. Deadpan, Olivia apologizes as she brandishes a long knife.
A messenger - Raju - arrives for the Dollmaker, offering a significant sum of money in exchange for the Batman, with the promise to return his corpse within twenty-four hours. Dollmaker is intrigued, and stops the show, dangling Batman from his bonds in mid-air. Raju's client is the Penguin, who is prepared to pay in pure gold bars.
Dollmaker uses magnetized cables to immobilize Batman completely, and Batman is surprised to realize that the cables are of his own design; the Dollmaker has somehow gained access to Wayne Corp. Regardless, he uses a demagnetizer in his suit to free himself, leaping forward and knocking the Penguin's thugs out. Freed, he easily defeats the thugs dressed as the Joker, and begins his search for the Commissioner.
Meanwhile, the Dollmaker receives a call from an unseen benefactor, who warns that the GCPD are on their way. The man orders that the commissioner be killed. Dollmaker and Matilda make their escape while his thugs Bentley and Sampson, a talking monkey, gather all the organs and body parts they can salvage. Meanwhile, Batman begins kicking down every door in the hospital, in search of his friend.
In the commissioner's room, one of the Dollmaker's family members approaches Gordon with a knife ready, but the commissioner leaps up from the bed - apparently freed by Olivia - with a gun pointed at his attacker. The marauder pauses for a moment, but before either of them can make a move, Olivia stabs Dollmaker's goon in the back, killing him. Uncomfortable with these events, Gordon insists that she accompany him out of there. She has been rendered somewhat emotionless by the horrors she's experienced, but finally she breaks down and falls into his arms.
Batman stops Bentley and Sampson in their tracks and knocks them each unconscious with a couple of blows. After the skimish, Batman notices that the police have arrived. Gordon, overhearing the fight in the other room, meets with the hero and states that they, Gordon and Olivia, will be fine. Knowing this, Batman heads off in search of the Dollmaker. Seeing Dollmaker escaping in a car, he leaps down onto the roof, crushing it down around him. Unexpectedly, though, the car explodes, and when Batman investigates, he discovers that the car was filled with dummies. The Dollmaker must have escaped in the police chopper.
Later, Bruce spends some time with Charlotte Rivers - his reporter girlfriend - at her cabin in Colorado. The Dollmaker story has exhausted her, and she dreams of just moving from Gotham City to the cabin, to get away from it all. Naturally, Bruce can't imagine leaving Gotham, given his responsibilities.
Back at Gotham Central, Olivia is in custody, and Jeremiah Arkham has asked to take her to Arkham Asylum for study. Mayor Hady is in favour, and Bullock begrudgingly allows it. Meanwhile, the Joker's goons have been creating shrines outside of the precinct because they are worshipping the Joker's removed face, which the GCPD is keeping in evidence. The Mayor orders that it be moved to a different location, and Bullock is happy to be rid of it.
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| abstract | - Setenta y dos horas atrás, Batman interroga a un criminal llamado Raju para realmente saber lo que trama Dollmaker. Afortunadamente, Raju le dice todo lo que sabe. En el presente en el techo del Departamento de Policía de Ciudad Gótica, Harvey Bullock y la Teniente Forbes investigan el asesinato del oficial McAlloy y el por que se activó la Batiseñal, alli Bullock encuentra la nota que el Comisionado le envió a Batman indicándole ir al Hospital Mercy. thumb|left|282pxMientras tanto, Batman se encuentra atrapado en un ring de boxeo improvisado, con varias cuerdas atadas a sus extremidades haciéndolo parecer una marioneta humana. El es forzado a luchar contra Matones disfrazados como el Guason, solo para probar que el es el verdadero Batman, para poder vender sus partes mutiladas al mejor postor. En otro lugar del hospital, Olivia Carr entra en la habitación donde está Gordon atrapado. Olivia le cuenta que Batman entró al hospital, pero no cree que vaya a salvarlos. Ella admite que Dollmaker le dijo que trajera a Batman al hospital pero eso Gordon ya lo sabia. Entonces la niña se acerca con un gran cuchillo y dice "Lo Siento". En ese momento llega Raju con un mensaje para Dollmaker, diciéndole que representa a alguien que ofrece una gran suma de dinero a cambio de Batman. Dollmaker detiene el Show para preparar a Batman y así enviárselo al cliente de Raju que resulta ser el El Pingüino, pero Batman aprovecha el momento de confusión y se libera, noqueando a los maleantes y poniéndose en la busqueda de Gordon. La policía esta en camino al hospital, por lo que el villano ordena asesinar al Comisionado mientras escapa junto a Matilda, al mismo tiempo que Bentley y Sampson, se encargan de juntar todos los órganos recolectados por su "padre", pero estos son detenidos por Batman. Gordon se encuentra acostado en su cama, y esta a punto de ser atacado por Orifice, pero Olivia lo salva matando al matón. Dollmaker comienza a escapar en un automóvil mientras son seguidos por el helicóptero de la policía, entonces Batman, ya sabiendo que su amigo está a salvo, va tras el villano. El héroe salta desde el techo hacia el vehículo, pero este explota revelando que estaba lleno de "muñecos". Entonces Bruce se da cuenta de que en realidad Dollmaker escapó montado en el Helicóptero de la policía. Tiempo después, Bruce pasa un fin de semana con Charlotte Rivers, en una cabaña en Colorado. La historia de Dollmaker lo ha agotado y ella sueña con mudarse y dejar Ciudad Gótica. Naturalmente Bruce no puede imaginarse dejando la ciudad y todas sus responsabilidades. Por su parte, Olivia es puesta en observación psicológica y Jeremiah Arkham planea llevársela al Asilo Arkham para estudiarla. El Alcalde Hady esta de acuerdo y Bullock a regañadientes lo permite. Mientras tanto los seguidores del Guason comienzan a reunirse afuera del lugar donde es conservado el rostro del payaso, tomándolo como un altar. El Alcalde ordena el traslado del mismo y Bullock está feliz de deshacerse de el. Categoría:Detective Comics (Volumen 2) Categoría:Batman: Rostros de Muerte Categoría:Comic Categoría:The New 52
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