Gotham Academy: Second Semester Vol 1 8

"Second Semester, Finale": Possessed by an ancestral spirit, Olive Silverlock scorches the Academy grounds as Batman attempts to talk her down unsuccessfully. Another blast of fire forces Batman to p

"Second Semester, Finale"
Gotham Academy: Second Semester Vol 1 #8
June, 2017
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Executive Editor	Bobbie Chase
Cover Artists	Karl Kerschl
Second Semester, Finale
Writers	Brenden Fletcher Becky Cloonan Karl Kerschl
Pencilers	Adam Archer Michele Assarasakorn Rob Haynes
Inkers	Sandra Hope Michele Assarasakorn
Letterers	Steve Wands
Editors	Mark Doyle Rebecca Taylor
Previous Issue	Gotham Academy: Second Semester # 7
Next Issue	Gotham Academy: Second Semester # 9

They locked me up in this stone prison. They locked up my mother up, too. They should've known they couldn't hold us.

— Olive Silverlock

Gotham Academy: Second Semester #8 is an issue of the series Gotham Academy: Second Semester (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 2017. It was published on April 12, 2017.

Synopsis for "Second Semester, Finale"

Possessed by an ancestral spirit, Olive Silverlock scorches the Academy grounds as Batman attempts to talk her down unsuccessfully. Another blast of fire forces Batman to protect Professor Macpherson and Ham knocks Olive off her feet to give them time. Soon Maps and Kyle arrive to help abate the loneliness of Amity's possession telling her they are family.

Underground in the caves Pomeline and Colton wake up bound together by their old teacher Bookworm. He explains the power of the book while Katherine Karlo, with no one noticing, sneaks out of Maps' bag and unties the ropes. Bookworm reads from the book and tells the story of Amity Arkham; a woman with gifts who was burnt at the stake as a witch and cursed those involved. Her only child, Beatrix given to Amity's close friend Aleinor Frych who gave the baby away to the Silverlock family and then sat down to pen the Book of Old Gotham centred around the Arkham and now Silverlock family line.

Bookworm reads from the old tome and the words reverberate around Olive pulling her apart from Amity. The spirit is manifested as a flame erupting from the book but when it is set upon Pomeline the spirit refuses remembering the Frych line as friends and instead returns to the one who opened the book. Just as it looks like Amity will engulf Bookworm the book is slammed shut by Pomeline who then uses it to knock out the villain. They leave him on the floor and make their way back up to the surface.

Aboveground the situation is dire, anything the Batman does makes the situation worse until Pomeline addresses the spirit, abating it with the book until Batman attempts to ensnare the two and Olive disappears leaving nothing but scorchmarks and a vow for revenge.

In Olive's absence they all look to the skies and worry about the blood debt that Gotham owes.

Appearing in "Second Semester, Finale"

Featured Characters:

• Olive Silverlock/Amity Arkham

Supporting Characters:

• Batman
• Colton Rivera
• Katherine Karlo
• Kyle Mizoguchi
• Maps Mizoguchi
• Pomeline Fritch

Antagonists:

• Bookworm

Other Characters:

• Aleinor Frych (Flashback only)
• Anaica Fritch
• Beatrix Arkham/Silverlock (Flashback only)
• Ezekiel Arkham (Flashback only)
• Edmunde Cobblepot (Flashback only) (First appearance; unnamed)
• Headmaster Hammer
• Isla MacPherson
• Ham
• Sybil Silverlock (Mentioned only)
• Tristan Grey
• Dent Family (Flashback only)
  • Elizabeth Dent (Flashback only) (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Robert Dent (Flashback only) (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Rowland Dent (Flashback only) (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Winnifride Dent (Flashback only) (First appearance; unnamed)

Locations:

• Gotham Academy

Items:

• Book of Old Gotham
• Bat-Signal
• Maps' Bag

Vehicles:

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See Also

• Cover gallery for the Gotham Academy: Second Semester series
• Images from Gotham Academy: Second Semester Vol 1 8