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| - Dennis O'Neil
- Joseph Illidge
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| - * A Tragedy at Grand Comics Database
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| - Prologue
In Gotham City, an old man is mugged by several armed thugs wearing wolf masks. The demon Etrigan appears and slaughters them all. He warns the old man not to tell anyone what happened, and leaps away into the night cackling.
Chapter One: Secrets
Alfred Pennyworth wakes Bruce Wayne in the morning at Wayne Manor. Bruce explains that he's having violent nightmares again, the same ones he's had since his parents were murdered. Doctors have been unable to cure him of this or his allergy to moonlight. Alfred finds Bruce's clothes in tatters, and suggests that he has been sleep-walking again.
Commissioner Gordon looks over the mutilated gang members in the morgue. The witness has been driven insane, and it's explained that Arkham Asylum is filled with similar men. Gordon insists that the killer is a man and not supernatural. They speculate that it might be Killer Croc.
Bruce Wayne's girlfriend Glenda Mark arrives at Wayne Manor, while searching for a cure to his mysterious allergy. Glenda is unsettled by the portraits of his ancestors as they all look exactly like Bruce. She reveals that while doing research at City Hall, she was unable to find a record of his parents. Bruce assumes this is bureaucratic incompetence. They visit Ivy's, a medicine shop run by the healer Poison Ivy. Ivy senses an evil emanation around Bruce, although he does not believe in the occult, and gives him an herbal cure. Glenda hopes that this will allow Bruce to have a normal life so they can be married. He drinks the potion before going to sleep.
Killer Croc is furious that his henchmen are being killed, and they insist it is some sort of demon. Catwoman is hired to find and murder the culprit, as she claims to have sold her soul to a devil.
Chapter Two: Lies
The following night, Etrigan is attacked by Catwoman while murdering Croc's henchmen. He is shown to be connected to the sleeping Bruce Wayne. Poison Ivy's potion weakens Etrigan, allowing Catwoman to nearly defeat him. Etrigan runs away to avoid being killed. Then he hunts down Ivy to murder her so she can no longer help Bruce Wayne.
Alfred wakes Bruce the next morning, who has a vivid memory of Etrigan's fight with Catwoman. Bruce insists that something strange is going on, and he believes that Alfred knows the truth. Alfred reveals that this is not the first time Bruce has discovered the truth. It's explained that Bruce Wayne is the human cage for an evil supernatural bat-demon called Etrigan. Bruce insists on learning about his past, and Alfred tells his story.
Chapter Three: Life
Alfred explains that a thousand years ago, Gotham was a primitive city steeped in magic and superstition. They were under siege by [[W:C:DC:Metropolis
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| - * Alan Grant previously wrote the one-shot Batman/Demon, and this is a spiritual sequel.
* This story presents an alternate version of Gotham City. They have modern technology such as guns, but the architecture and clothing are distinctly medieval. There is also a full moon every night, which is explained as an "orbital eccentricity."
* The story is book-ended by two famous quotes about tragedy.
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| - There must be a way out! Somehow, I'll beat this demon! I'll become an ordinary man again!
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