Left alone with Batman's body, Ray decides to try and help Batman solve his final case, and changes into the Atom. Palmer concedes that he's only a physicist and there's nothing he can do but asks if he can have a moment alone with his friend during his final hours. Learning that Ray Palmer (whom Gordon knows only as a friend of the Batman) is in the hospital to demonstrate some new technology, Gordon has the scientist called in to see what he can do. Rushed to the hospital by Commissioner Gordon, the doctors tell him that Batman is brain dead and that within hours his organs will all shut down. Batman tries to go in without police back-up and is jolted with a powerful electrical current placed on the outside of the building.īelieving the Batman to be dead, Cathart and his goons have Batman's 'corpse' dumped in front of police headquarters.

After probing all his sources and putting pressure on the criminal world, Batman learns where she is being kept: an abandoned police station. Cathart has put a ransom on the girl's head for her safety, and the Batman takes a very personal crusade to see the girl returned to her family safely.

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