Batman Adventures Vol 1 20

"Smells Like Black Sunday": Mastermind enlists his old partners, Mr. Nice and the Perfesser, on a scheme to seize nuclear warheads from nearby Fort Briggs. To ensure success, Mastermind forces Mr. Nice to forego his normally compassionate personality for twenty-four hours, an order which Nice ob

"Smells Like Black Sunday"
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Batman Adventures Vol 1 #20
May, 1994
Cover Artists	Rick Burchett Mike Parobeck
Smells Like Black Sunday
Writers	Kelley Puckett
Pencilers	Mike Parobeck
Inkers	Rick Burchett
Colorists	Rick Taylor
Letterers	Comicraft Richard Starkings
Editors	Scott Peterson Darren Vincenzo
Previous Issue	Batman Adventures # 19
Next Issue	Batman Adventures # 21

Mastermind's latest plan was incomplete, yet uncharacteristically competent. The stakes were high, but success would give us power over the entire Eastern seaboard. For the first time in recent memory, Mastermind had come up with a scheme which just might work.

— Perfesser

Batman Adventures #20 is an issue of the series Batman Adventures (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1994.

Synopsis for "Smells Like Black Sunday"

Mastermind enlists his old partners, Mr. Nice and the Perfesser, on a scheme to seize nuclear warheads from nearby Fort Briggs. To ensure success, Mastermind forces Mr. Nice to forego his normally compassionate personality for twenty-four hours, an order which Nice obeys with some difficulty.

While Mr. Nice invades Fort Briggs, Mastermind and Perfesser lead Batman on a wild goose chase around Gotham City. When Batman finally catches the pair, Mastermind gloats that he is too late to stop Mr. Nice from securing the warheads; no vehicle on Earth can cover the distance to the fort in time.

By phone, Batman orchestrates the ultimate defense against Mr. Nice: a single puppy, placed in front of the warheads' vault. Nice, despite successfully suppressing his distaste for violence, still cannot bring himself to harm such an adorable creature, and is forced to surrender.

Upon returning the state penitentiary, Mastermind immediately concocts another scheme, but is quickly abandoned by his partners.

Appearing in "Smells Like Black Sunday"

Featured Characters:

• Batman

Supporting Characters:

• Jim Gordon (Behind the scenes)

Antagonists:

• Mastermind
• Mister Nice
• Perfesser

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Gotham City
  • Gotham State Penitentiary
• Fort Briggs

Items:

• Batarang

Vehicles:

• Batmobile
  

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in Batman Adventures Vol. 2.

Trivia

• Fort Briggs is the name of a real, albeit obscure, installation in the United States. However, it is more likely that Puckett intended to parody the more well-known Fort Bragg.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Batman Adventures series

Recommended Reading

• DC Animated Universe Recommended Reading
  • Adventures in the DC Universe (Volume 1)
  • The Batgirl Adventures #1
  • Batman Adventures (Volume 1)
  • Batman Adventures (Volume 2)
  • The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (Volume 1)
  • The Batman Adventures: Mad Love
  • The Batman and Robin Adventures (Volume 1)
  • Batman and Superman Adventures: World's Finest
  • Batman Beyond (Volume 1)
  • Batman Beyond (Volume 2)
  • Batman Beyond (Volume 4)
  • Batman Beyond Unlimited (Volume 1)
  • Batman Beyond Universe (Volume 1)
  • Batman: Gotham Adventures (Volume 1)
  • Batman: Harley and Ivy (Volume 1)
  • Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - The Animated Movie #1
  • Gotham Girls (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Adventures (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Unlimited (Volume 1)
  • Superman Adventures (Volume 1)
  • Superman & Batman Magazine (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Infinity (Volume 1)

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