In the last issue we are given a one page serving of the Joker's face literally peeled off and nailed to the wall, and that's about it. From there, the trail ran cold, which left the Caped Crusader with idle hands, so to speak, as he went about the affairs of business and one particular Charlotte Rivers probing about the man's way of life. From Bruce's daytime playboy personality, it's pretty easy to predict what happened next at this point.
Still, as old habits die hard, Bruce's were seemingly immortal. In the man's haste to restore a girl once again kidnapped to whomever was responsible to her, he unwittingly plunged headlong into what most people with sufficient experience in the business would call a trap set by the Dollmaker's grotesque meat-wearing minions, including one wearing a nurse's uniform and a mask in front of her meat mask presumably and alleged to be the Dollmaker's daughter. Still, nothing was as shocking as Commissioner Gordon's face being replaced with one stitched up with pieces of skin together.
The Joker's intent to have his skin surgically removed still had yet to be accounted for, as is the case of his presence in this issue, though there was a Jester looking character alongside the Dollmaker. There was also a monkey too of the organ grinder variety. Anyway, the Dollmaker doesn't seem to express any motive broader than giving people free makeovers, which I don't doubt coincidentally major advancements in plastic surgery would be able to fix, so we'll have to see what happens next. Just don't keep us waiting too long.
Still, as old habits die hard, Bruce's were seemingly immortal. In the man's haste to restore a girl once again kidnapped to whomever was responsible to her, he unwittingly plunged headlong into what most people with sufficient experience in the business would call a trap set by the Dollmaker's grotesque meat-wearing minions, including one wearing a nurse's uniform and a mask in front of her meat mask presumably and alleged to be the Dollmaker's daughter. Still, nothing was as shocking as Commissioner Gordon's face being replaced with one stitched up with pieces of skin together.
The Joker's intent to have his skin surgically removed still had yet to be accounted for, as is the case of his presence in this issue, though there was a Jester looking character alongside the Dollmaker. There was also a monkey too of the organ grinder variety. Anyway, the Dollmaker doesn't seem to express any motive broader than giving people free makeovers, which I don't doubt coincidentally major advancements in plastic surgery would be able to fix, so we'll have to see what happens next. Just don't keep us waiting too long.