At their best, the Batman Adventures books had tragedy as heart-rending as the animated series that it is based on. * Gotham Adventures #13, in which the Threatening Trio wind up disbanding with Mr. Nice leaving the country to fulfill a prophecy by helping a young boy. It ends with him leaving into a bright light. It becomes incredibly more sad when you see the real life context: Mr. Nice had been created to resemble comic writer Archie Goodwin, who had died earlier that year; the issue was made in dedication to him. * The ending of Batman & Robin Adventures #7. * The tribute to DC artist Mike Parobeck in Batman & Robin Adventures Annual #1. * "No, Ms. Gleeson. The person you described....was never here...." * Talia to Batman, right after her Face Heel Turn: "If I had tol