"A Never-Ending Story": As he searches for the Batcave to find a cure for the Hourman Virus, the Batman of the future is reminded of the Laughing Virus that killed his parents and inspired him to become a hero in the year 85,245.
I am vengeance! I am retribution! I am the memory of fifteen thousand children — the screams that can never be exorcised! I am the fear you struck to their hearts — the dark nemesis who brings it all back home!
As he searches for the Batcave to find a cure for the Hourman Virus, the Batman of the future is reminded of the Laughing Virus that killed his parents and inspired him to become a hero in the year 85,245.
This comic issue is a part of the "DC One Million" event that crossed over into every DC Title in 1998. It involved present day interaction with versions of the characters seen in contemporary comic books with their counterparts in the 853rd Century.
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I am vengeance! I am retribution! I am the memory of fifteen thousand children — the screams that can never be exorcised! I am the fear you struck to their hearts — the dark nemesis who brings it all back home! 
