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"Tears of Blood"

Part of the "Batmam: Contagion" event.

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Tears of Blood

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Salvation in a bottle, billionaires! What am I bid?!

— Poison Ivy

Batman #529 is an issue of the series Batman (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1996.

Synopsis for "Tears of Blood"

Robin managed to get Stuart's blood sample to Batman so he can develop a vaccine from it's antibodies. To be sure of it's effectiveness Batman told Harvey Bullock to ask Mr. Gunt if a vaccine can be made of the blood of a survivor of the plague. To Batman's dismay, the mutation speed of the virus prevented the blood of any survivor to create an cure.

Azrael took Batman a second sample from the second survivor without knowing that it was futile. Nightwing joined Batman and Robin at the batcave. Batman sent the two of them to stop the riots that were happening at Babylon Towers's doors while he went to find the only known person immune to any agent including virus: Poison Ivy.

Batman couldn't enter Babylon Towers without being infected so he required Poison Ivy to deliver a potential immunity he developed from the blood samples to the people inside Babylon. He convinced Jeremiah Arkham to let her out of Arkham Asylum just once. Batman guided Ivy through Gotham City's sewers right below Babylon Towers. Ivy took the immunity and entered Babylon Towers; but instead of giving the serum to the babylonians she started an auction sale of the vial to the ten highest bidders.

Harvey Bullock gathered Bock and Montoya on James Gordon's house to ask him to lead them. Meanwhile outside Babylon, Nightwing and Robin did what they could to stop the maddenned crowd. One of the rioters spat Robin in the face; and just as they had their back against the wall, Huntress arrived to help them. The three of them could hold them a bit longer but sooner than later they were again back against the wall. Suddenly the crowd dispersed running away in fear; the reason was that they saw the menacing figure of Batman. With their only hope inside Babylon and in Gordon's actions; the bat-family waited and did everything they could for as long as they could.

Appearing in "Tears of Blood"

Featured Characters:

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Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

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Other Characters:

Chambers (Babylon Towers)
Johnny (Appears only as a corpse)

Locations:

Gotham City
- Arkham Asylum
- Babylon Towers
- Batcave
- Mercy General Hospital
- Gotham City's Morgue

Items:

Vehicles:

Notes

This is the sixth part of the Contagion storyline; as indicated in the cover.
The events of this issue takes place between Catwoman #31 and Shadow of the Bat #49.
This issue is reprinted in the Batman: Contagion collected edition, as well as the 2016 edition, and in Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones Volume 1.

Trivia

Writter Doug Moench wrote an essay on biowarfare as a real threat on the letter column. He clarified that the responsible for the Ebola Gulf-A virus was still unknown; but that writters were working on it. Therefore, Ra's al Ghul's involvement was not yet anticipated. These events unfolded later in the Legacy storyline.

Links and References

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Contagion Crossover
The events from this issue are related to the Contagion crossover that went through the Batman Family Titles in 1996, in which Gotham City had an epidemic of a mutant strand of the Ebola virus. The events of Contagion lead into Batman: Legacy, Batman: Cataclysm, and ultimately No Man's Land.

Crossovers

Shadow of the Bat #48 • Detective Comics #695 • Robin #27 • Azrael #15 • Catwoman #31 • Batman #529 • Shadow of the Bat #49 • Detective Comics #696 • Batman Chronicles #4 • Catwoman #32 • Azrael #16 • Robin #28

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+| Quotation           = '''Salvation in a bottle, billionaires!''' What am I '''bid?!'''
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+[[Timothy Drake (New Earth)|Robin]] managed to get [[Kendall Stuart (New Earth)|Stuart]]'s blood sample to [[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]] so he can develop a vaccine from it's antibodies. To be sure of it's effectiveness Batman told [[Harvey Bullock (New Earth)|Harvey Bullock]] to ask [[Mortimer Gunt (New Earth)|Mr. Gunt]] if a vaccine can be made of the blood of a survivor of the plague. To Batman's dismay, the mutation speed of the [[Ebola Gulf-A|virus]] prevented the blood of any survivor to create an cure.
+[[Jean-Paul Valley (New Earth)|Azrael]] took Batman a second sample from [[Fong (New Earth)|the second survivor]] without knowing that it was futile. [[Richard Grayson (New Earth)|Nightwing]] joined Batman and Robin at the batcave. Batman sent the two of them to stop the riots that were happening at [[Babylon Towers]]'s doors while he went to find the only known person immune to any agent including virus: [[Pamela Isley (New Earth)|Poison Ivy]].
-| Appearing1 =
+Batman couldn't enter Babylon Towers without being infected so he required Poison Ivy to deliver a potential immunity he developed from the blood samples to the people inside Babylon. He convinced [[Jeremiah Arkham (New Earth)|Jeremiah Arkham]] to let her out of [[Arkham Asylum]] just once. Batman guided Ivy through [[Gotham City]]'s sewers right below Babylon Towers. Ivy took the immunity and entered Babylon Towers; but instead of giving the serum to the babylonians she started an auction sale of the vial to the ten highest bidders.
+Harvey Bullock gathered [[Mackenzie Bock (New Earth)|Bock]] and [[Renee Montoya (New Earth)|Montoya]] on [[James Gordon (New Earth)|James Gordon]]'s house to ask him to lead them.
+Meanwhile outside Babylon, Nightwing and Robin did what they could to stop the maddenned crowd. One of the rioters spat Robin in the face; and just as they had their back against the wall, [[Helena Bertinelli (New Earth)|Huntress]] arrived to help them. The three of them could hold them a bit longer but sooner than later they were again back against the wall. Suddenly the crowd dispersed running away in fear; the reason was that they saw the menacing figure of Batman. With their only hope inside Babylon and in Gordon's actions; the [[Batman Family|bat-family]] waited and did everything they could for as long as they could.
+| Appearing1          =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* [[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]]
+* {{apn|[[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]]|Batman Chronicles #4|Batman: Shadow of the Bat #49}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
+* {{a|[[Jean-Paul Valley (New Earth)|Azrael]]}}
-* <br/>
+* {{a|[[Gotham City Police Department]]}}
-'''Villains:'''
-*[[Pamela Isley (New Earth)]]<br/>
+** {{a|[[Mackenzie Bock (New Earth)|Hardback Bock]]}}
+** {{a|[[Harvey Bullock (New Earth)|Harvey Bullock]]}}
+** {{a|[[Renee Montoya (New Earth)|Renee Montoya]]}}
+* {{apn|[[Helena Bertinelli (New Earth)|Huntress]]|Underworld Unleashed Vol 1 #3|Detective Comics Vol 1 #696}}
+* {{a|[[James Gordon (New Earth)|James Gordon]]}}
+* {{a|[[Jeremiah Arkham (New Earth)|Jeremiah Arkham]]}}
+* {{a|[[Mortimer Gunt (New Earth)|Mortimer Gunt]]}}
+* {{a|[[Richard Grayson (New Earth)|Nightwing]]}}
+* {{a|[[Timothy Drake (New Earth)|Robin]]}}
+'''Antagonists:'''
+* {{apn|[[Pamela Isley (New Earth)|Poison Ivy]]|Detective Comics #694|Batman: Shadow of the Bat #49}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
+* Chambers {{green|Babylon Towers}}
-* [[Richard Grayson (New Earth)]]<br/>
+* Johnny {{corpse}}
-* [[Timothy Drake (New Earth)]]<br/>
-* [[Helena Bertinelli (New Earth)]]<br/>
 '''Locations:'''
-* [[Arkham Asylum]]
+* {{a|[[Gotham City]]}}
+** {{a|[[Arkham Asylum]]}}
+** {{a|[[Babylon Towers]]}}
+** {{a|[[Batcave]]}}
+** Mercy General Hospital
+** Gotham City's Morgue
 '''Items:'''
+* {{a|[[Ebola Gulf A|Apocalypse Virus]]}}
-* <br/>
+* {{a|[[Robin's Battle Staff]]}}
+* {{a|[[Batcomputer]]}}
 '''Vehicles:'''
 * <br/>
 | Notes               =
+* This is the sixth part of the [[Batman: Contagion|Contagion]] storyline; as indicated in the cover.
+* The events of this issue takes place between [[Catwoman Vol 2 31|Catwoman #31]] and [[Batman: Shadow of the Bat Vol 1 49|Shadow of the Bat #49]].
+* This issue is reprinted in the ''[[Batman: Contagion (Collected)|Batman: Contagion]]'' collected edition, as well as the [[Batman: Contagion, New Edition (Collected)|2016 edition]], and in ''[[Batman by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones Vol. 1 (Collected)|Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones Volume 1]]''.
 | Trivia              =
+* Writter [[Doug Moench]] wrote an essay on biowarfare as a real threat on the letter column. He clarified that the responsible for the [[Ebola Gulf-A]] virus was still unknown; but that writters were working on it.  Therefore, [[Ra's al Ghul]]'s involvement was not yet anticipated. These events unfolded later in the [[Batman: Legacy|Legacy]] storyline.
-| Recommended         =
-| Links               =
+| Recommended         = {{Batman RR}}
+| Links               = {{Batman Links}}
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-{{Missing Characters}}
+{{Batman Contagion}}
+[[Category:Batman: Contagion]]