"[GRUNTING]" "We're almost to the time fissure." "Try to keep up, old man." "[GRUNTS]" " Is he always like this?" " Kamandi is known for his exuberance." "Reminds me of someone back home." "Death to trespassers!" "[GROWLS]" "[BEEPING]" "[RAT-MEN SCREAMING]" "Go." "I'll hold them off." "[GRUNTS]" "[GRUNTING]" "[HISSING]" "[BOTH GRUNT]" "[GRUNTING]" "[GRUNTING AND GROANING]" "[GRUNTS]" "CANUS:" "There it is, the time portal that brought you here." "We must hurry before it closes." "RAT LEADER:" "Get them!" "I'm not leaving you, not with those rat-men on your tail." "Go." "Save your people." "We can take care of ourselves." "You must get the vaccine back to your own time." "Our immunity is your salvation." "Thanks, Dr. Canus." "I couldn't have isolated the antibodies without your help." "Kamandi, check the statue's left nostril." "CANUS:" "What are we supposed to be looking...?" "A time capsule." "Clever human." "RAT LEADER:" "There they are." "I wouldn't stand there, doctor." "[BELL TOLLING]" "BATMAN:" "You're probably wondering who finally got me." "The thing is, I'm not dead." "Not yet at least." "But I sure was feeling a lot better a few hours ago." "BATMAN:" "Boo." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "Huh?" "I'm the man who haunts you, Gentleman Ghost." "I don't frighten easily, Batman." "I need but two more artifacts and I can raise my army of the dead from its eternal slumber." "Then I will finally have my revenge on this cursed city." "Aah!" "Revenge is a poison that rots a man from within." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "No, my friend." "Revenge is a fire that keeps me warm in the eternal cold of the grave." "[GRUNTING]" "I see you've added a few more Nth-metal trinkets to your arsenal." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "I'm not done with you yet." "[BATMAN GROANING]" "Aah." "Rest in peace, Batman." "[CACKLING]" "[BATMAN GROANING]" "BATMAN:" "An air capsule helped, but I had only one option left." "Which brings us back to my present situation:" "Hovering in a netherworld between life and death and time running out." "I see you finally shuffled off this mortal coil, Batman." "Who did the deed?" "Was it Black Manta?" "Are you the Grim Reaper?" "Grim maybe, but I ain't no reaper." "I'm just a spirit, cursed to wander the Earth." " Another dead man like you." " Only I'm not dead." "DEADMAN:" "Could've fooled me." "I was buried alive and used an ancient Tibetan meditation technique to astral-project out of my body." "But when the air runs out in two hours..." "Well, then I really will be dead." "Maybe I can help, Mac." "[GASPS]" "I can possess people." "Take total control of their bodies, make them do whatever." "So how about I use this guy to dig up your body?" "No." "My coffin has been booby-trapped." "It's too dangerous to use a civilian." "There has to be another way." "It's your funeral." "[GASPING]" "Spirits of the dead, hear me." "Thomas Baker, I summon you from the afterlife." "Your nephew, Collin, wishes to speak with you." "[RATTLING]" "The spirit is among us." "[GASPS]" "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "Save your pennies, sir." "This woman is a cheap charlatan." "The proof is here." "The one artifact with true power has been reduced to mere window dressing." "Soon the city will tremble under its new master." "I hope we can get your body back." "Because as unfair as life is death is worse." "DEADMAN:" "What's wrong, Mac?" " I see a light." "A light?" "That's the way to the other side." "That's where you wanna go." "THOMAS:" "Bruce, son." "It can't be." "THOMAS:" "It's us, Bruce." "Don't be afraid." "Father?" "Mother?" "MARTHA:" "We've missed you so." "Come to us." "Yes, I'm coming." "Hey, make sure this is what you want." "Because once you cross over, there ain't no coming back." "MARTHA:" "Take my hand, son." "Wait." "I..." "I can't." "THOMAS:" "It's okay, Bruce." "You've earned a rest." "No." "It's not my time." "Not my business, but you're a fool for not going." "I've been waiting for that light since I got here." "There's work to finish." "Let's just hope we can find a hero nearby to help us." "Golly, 12 cities on three continents?" "He's sure given us a run for our money." "He's not getting away this time." "[GRUNTS]" "[GRUNTS]" "I never get tired of that." "Of course, the only hero in London is Green Arrow." "Arrow, Speedy, I need your help." "They can't hear us or see us." "No one can." "Except other dead people." "Then how do we communicate?" " I can help you take a test drive." " Uhn!" "Arrow, this is Batman." "Listen to me carefully." "I've taken control of Speedy's body so I can speak to you." "Okay." "This is stupid." "You got a better idea?" "Ugh." "What's going on?" "GREEN ARROW:" "You were doing a Batman impression." "Gosh." "Ha." "I was?" "And not a very good one." "Observe the master." "[IMITATING BATMAN] I am vengeance." "I am the night." "I am Batman." "And these are my hammers for justice." "Ha-ha-ha." "Golly, you sure sound..." "Listen to me, you smug jerk." "I'm Batman." " Uhn!" " My body is indisposed." "[IN NORMAL VOICE] It is you, isn't it, Batman?" "Wait." "Does this mean you're dead?" "Who got you?" "Don't tell me it was Kite Man." "It was Gentleman Ghost." "And I'm not dead." "But if you don't dig up my body in the next hour, I will be." "We're on it." "Gee whiz, I feel weird." "Come on, Speedy." "Let's move." "You never told me Gentleman Ghost was involved." " You know him?" " The guy's bad news, Mac." "And I don't need him making my miserable existence even more miserable." "Maybe if you weren't so busy feeling sorry for yourself you'd see there's a reason you're here, a reason you have your powers." "I'm sorry, Mac." "I know I can be a bit of a downer." "It's just..." "I haven't had anything go my way in a while." " So why haven't you crossed over?" " Because I ain't been invited." "DEADMAN:" "I used to be an acrobat, a trapeze artist in the circus." "Until one night during the show..." "[CROWD GASPS] ...I don't know who did it, or why, But he had a hook for a hand." " It didn't even make the papers." "BATMAN:" "You're Boston Brand." "You performed under the name Deadman in Haley's Circus." "You...?" "You remember?" "I've been working your case." "And I will find your killer." "You need to make a choice:" "Drown in self-pity or help me find Gentleman Ghost." "[BELL TOLLING]" "SPEEDY:" "Golly, Green Arrow, this place sure is spooky." "Just start digging." "Batman doesn't have much oxygen left." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "Ah." "My old necktie." " Some things never go out of fashion." "BATMAN:" "Craddock." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "Batman?" "You hound me even in death." "I'm putting a stop to your afterlife of crime." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "You don't stand a ghost of a chance." "[GRUNTING]" "You've haunted this world long enough, Craddock." "[GRUNTS THEN GROANS]" "I assure you, Batman there are fates far worse than death." "So are we gonna stand here and twiddle?" "Or are we gonna get down to business?" " Nice entrance." " I was in the circus." "[GRUNTING]" "It's been a pleasure, gentlemen, but I have pressing business elsewhere." "[WHISTLES]" "[NEIGHING]" "You gonna stand there and twiddle?" "[NEIGHING]" "Time's almost up." "BATMAN:" "He's heading back to the cemetery." "What the...?" "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "How ironic that the convicts' boneyard lay here in the catacombs beneath your grave, Batman." "This quill signed a thousand death warrants." "This key locked the tower dungeon." "And many a condemned man wore this necktie to his final reward." "These cursed relics give me the power to summon forth spirits doomed by their foul deeds." "Rise, my criminal brethren." "Rise and do my bidding." "[GRUNTING]" "I need the Nth-metal tools on my utility belt." "It's the only material effective against the spirit world." "I'll be back." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "Reclaim your earthly remains, my brothers." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "Tonight, we burn London to the ground." "[BELL TOLLING]" "SPEEDY:" "He's only got a few minutes of air left." "Careful, Speedy." "It's booby-trapped." "Quick, let's get it open." "Jeepers." "Is Batman...?" "GREEN ARROW:" "He's alive." "That's some meditation technique." "You owe me one, Batman." "DEADMAN:" "I ain't Batman." "I'm just borrowing him for a minute." "Now, we gonna stand here and twiddle or we gonna get down to business?" "Say, he pack any explosives?" "Second capsule on the left." "Heads up." "[HORSE NEIGHS]" "Time to go back to the spook house, Gentleman Ghost." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "Stand aside, fools or I shall cast your broken bodies into the Thames." "Oh, yeah?" "You and what army?" "Never ask that question, Speedy." "[GRUNTING]" "DEADMAN:" "You ain't kidding about this Nth-metal stuff." "Thanks for the assist, Deadman." "No sweat, Bats." "BATMAN:" "Ahem." "Aren't you forgetting something?" "Oh, come on." "Can I try it out for a little while longer?" "I just got back in the game." "Then how about we find you another body?" "[GRUNTING]" "Mind if we borrow Speedy?" "Borrow?" "If you say so, Batman." "Hey, take it easy." "I need him." "Don't sweat it, Mac." "He'll be okay." "A little sore, maybe." "[NEIGHS]" "[GENTLEMAN GHOST GRUNTS]" "Nth-metal arrowheads." "I never travel to Europe without them." "Have some Nth-metal justice." "Thanks for the loaner, kid." "Holy involuntary acrobatics." "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "I will have my revenge, Batman." "The city will burn!" "I've got a nice Nth-metal cell for you to haunt." "[GRUNTS]" "GENTLEMAN GHOST:" "The artifacts!" "[GRUNTS]" "Stay away." "No, unhand me." "No!" "Help me!" "Help!" "I beg you!" "[GENTLEMAN GHOST SCREAMS]" "Your army isn't as loyal as you thought, Craddock." "Curse you, Batman!" "Curse you!" "Thanks for your help, Deadman." "I won't rest until you receive the justice you deserve." "Who is he talking to?" "DEADMAN:" "The light." "Ahh." "[IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]" "DEADMAN [IN ENGLISH]:" "So I was thinking, Mac." "Maybe you were right about there being a reason I have these powers." "Maybe I am supposed to find my killer." "And have a little fun along the way." "Good to have you back among the living, Deadman." "Now, we gonna stand here and twiddle?" "Or we gonna get down to business?" "[GRUNTS]" "[ALL GASP]" "[ENGLISH SDH]"