Batquest Issue IV: Batquest Superquest
The Hypercrisis Bro !!wy0RzVFRI8k ID:uOvlW/bx No.5851983 View ViewReport Quoted By:
>Art:Ed McGuinness, based on a tattoo by anonymous
>Alt-Text: The stylized S symbol of Superman inside the stylized Bat symbol of Batman
>Sound Effect: Joe Kelly.
It’s a bright day in Gotham. People crowd around a champion of light, like some forgotten ritual to banish the darkness of the past years.
Mayor Dent stands proudly on the podium, overlooking the people he has promised to save.
DENT: People of Gotham! Last year, you called on me to give this City what it needs; today, it’s time for me to deliver.
For too long, we’ve been under the thumb of crooked politicians and big business, those who used the superscience and mutagen in our streets to take power!
Who invited the federal government to take control of our lives!
Day one, I told the Feds to get out, and now I’ll show them that We Keep Us Safe!
He moves to cut a ribbon in front of a sign that reads Arkham State Hospital. As it splits in two, the crowd applauds.
DENT: For years, Arkham was denied the funds it needed; money that should have gone to healing the sick was lining the coffers of the armed and corrupted.
But thanks to the power of your votes, a generous donation from the Wayne Foundation, and contributions from my soon to arrive Special Guest, this building will once again be a beacon of hope!
And now I turn the mic to Arkham’s new Director, Dr Leslie Thopkins!
A woman takes the stand and gives the crowd a warm smile you recognize dearly.
Thompkins: When I met Mr Wayne and Mayor Dent, the world told me they were broken.
People with souls split in two instead of children needing help. When I see what they’ve accomplished and who they’ve become, I don’t feel pride but hope.
Hope that what was done for them can be done for every voice reaching out in Gotham, that we can be--
<span class="mu-s">SFX:BADOOM!!!</span>
