Comic Title: Batman #423 [Spectral Comics Exclusive]
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2022
Approx. On Sale Date: August 1, 2022
Cover Price: No Price
Page Count: 32

Title: "You Shoulda Seen Him..."
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Jim Starlin
Penciller: Dave Cockrum
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted From:
Batman #423 (1988)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman:The Cult #4; next appearance in Detective Comics Annual #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman:The Cult #4; next appearance in Detective Comics Annual #1)

Villain(s)

• Three crackheads (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Bart, Greg, and Kirby Jackson (Gotham City police officers; no further appearances)
• Kenny (a drug addict; no further appearances)
• Four hostages (no further appearances)
• Hank and Jenny Watkins (no further appearances)
• Mr. and Mrs. Watkins (both die in flashback; no further appearances)
• An unnamed social worker (in flashback; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Two off-duty police officers meet at a restaurant to exchange stories about their night on patrol. The first cop encountered a jumper on the Gothamboro Bridge. He was unable to talk the kid out of jumping, but Batman dove off the bridge to rescue the kid. Batman then convinces the boy to get his life together.

The second cop also encountered Batman on this night. Three crackheads took hostages at a deli and were surrounded by the police. They were about to begin killing the hostages when Batman showed up and single-handedly beat them all without losing any innocent people.

After the second story is finished a third cop joins them. He also met Batman after chasing two young kids through the back alleys of Gotham. Batman caught the kids and got them to talk to him. They had been moved to Gotham after their mother died. When their father was also killed, a social worker wanted to break the kids up. Instead they ran away and were living in a cardboard box for months. Batman pledges the assistance of Bruce Wayne to house the kids until family in Florida could be located.

The first two cops do not believe the third story. However, later that morning Bruce Wayne checks up on the kids at Wayne Manor. Alfred promises to start the search for their aunt later that afternoon.