Batman: Fortunate Son

"Fortunate Son": When a young musician who is being looked upon as the next Elvis loses his mind and disappears, Batman and Robin forcefully express their different views on the nature of rock and roll. With their relationship strained and

Batman: Fortunate Son is a one-shot with a cover date of August, 1999.

Appearing in "Fortunate Son"

Featured Characters:

• Batman (Flashback and main story)
• Robin (Dick Grayson)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

• Izaak Crowe (Only appearance; dies)
• Roy Lazarus (Only appearance; dies)
  • Evangeline Dove (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Edward Nigma
• Gerald Nicholas (Single appearance)
• God (Crowe's drug hallucination) (Single appearance)
• Harvey Dent
• Joker
• Jimmy
• Los Angeles Police Department
• Memphis Police Department
• Thomas Wayne (Flashback only)
• Timmy
• Speedy (Mentioned only)
• Jake (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• New Jersey
  • Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
    • Arkham Asylum
    • Wayne Manor (Flashback and main story)
      • Batcave
• California
  • Los Angeles
• Mississippi
• Texas
• Tennessee
  • Memphis

Items:

Vehicles:

• Bat-Copter
• Batmobile
• Batplane
  
  

Synopsis for "Fortunate Son"

When a young musician who is being looked upon as the next Elvis loses his mind and disappears, Batman and Robin forcefully express their different views on the nature of rock and roll. With their relationship strained and their generation gap magnified, the two must find a way to work together to save both Gotham and the insane rock idol from himself.

Notes

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Trivia

• At Arkham Asylum, an inmate is locked under the name of "Jack Napier", but based on the design, the character seems to be Riddler. Furthermore, on other pages Riddler is seen locked under the name of "Edward Nigma".

See Also

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