Batman: Dark Detective III

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Even though all six scripts were done when artist Marshall Rogers unexpectedly died, and everyone from concerned emailers to the New York Times was asking that we go ahead with another artist as a tribute to Marshall, DC decided to close it down. For all of you who've asked why there were 30 years between "definitive Batmans", and now, why there may never be another, there you go.

That said, the third installment of DARK DETECTIVE continues the groundbreaking exploration of the man who swore to wear the cape and cowl. Picking up from the end of DDII, the Batman finally realizes that he can never love Silver St. Cloud. Then, his ancient nemesis, Dala the vampire, begs him to put her out of her misery, even though it was destroying her in his earliest days that led him to swear never to kill again. And so we see what happens to a hero when what's good and right and proper, for him and for humanity, runs up against his inflexible code of conduct.

He expects to divert himself from these conundra by plunging into a mysterious plot in London, involving Killer Moth, Deadshot, and an unknown mastermind, but finds that (to coin a phrase) no matter where you go, there you are. The vampire and the great love of his life will not leave him alone.

...and back in Gotham, the great love herself tries in her own way to nurse Evan Gregory through his election as governor and then get on with her life. But in DARK DETECTIVE's Gotham, as in London, supervillains never neatly go away...
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NOTES:

Marshall had drawn most of issue #1 at the time of his death.

Yes, the scripts are available for sale. No, the art is not - at least from me. Visit his agent, Spencer Beck, for all your Marshall Rogers needs.