The man's a total psychopath. And like all psychopaths he's true to his fantasy. 
Detective Comics #698 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1996.
Synopsis for "The Tomb"
The prisoners on Lock-Up prison are starving. Bolton has been captured by the police and he refuses to tell them the location of his prison. Later that night, Lock-Up manages to escape and steals a police car to reach his prison and feed his prisoners.
Commissioner Gordon notifies Batman about Lock-Up's escape and the vigilante starts a new plan with Robin and Nightwing to recapture him.
Batman devises a plan that involves three possible Lock-Up targets. Batman disguises himself as Matches Malone and infiltrates the gangster Vanya Triplet's inner circle and expects that Lock-Up appears. Soon the goons suspect that Malone is wired and they take Malone to a car in order to finish him off in a quiet and dark place.
The second target is a child abductor and murderer named Jay Huffman. Nightwing is in charge of looking over that man. Everything seems quiet in the man's apartment. Hoffman is cooking dinner and serves two plates. Nightwing then remembers that Hoffman lives alone. He enters the man's apartment and discovers Hoffman has abducted another child. Nightwing puts the man down and rescues the kid; but there is no sign of Lock-Up.
The third target is Eldon Adams. Tim already knows the guy so he is sent to check over Adams' turf. Tim disguises himself as a young delinquent named Alvin Draper. Tim tells Adams that he needs some weapons. When Adams is showing Tim his weapons, an armored car crushes the place. Adams runs away but Tim stays. He tries to radio Batman and Nightwing but his efforts are futile. Lock-Up is angry because his target escaped so he knocks out Tim and takes him as a "consolation prize".
Appearing in "The Tomb"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Lock-Up
- Allergent
- Charaxes
- Two-Face
- Young El
- Jay Huffman (First appearance)
- Vanya "Hunky" Triplet (First appearance)
- Wesley James Croup (First appearance)
Other Characters:
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Vehicles:
Notes
- The story continues in Detective Comics #699.
- This issue is reprinted in Batman: Legacy Vol. 1.
Trivia
- Tim Drake states that Gotham's population was of 15 million and decreased to 7 million; and all that before the clench.
- There are small references to Tom Cruise and The Impalas's song (Sorry) I Ran All the Way Home.
See Also