Batman: Dark Victory - Chapter 13

Summary

DC High Volume: Batman – Dark Victory, Chapter 13

Podcast: DC High Volume: Batman
Host: DC | Realm
Episode Title: Batman: Dark Victory - Chapter 13
Release Date: October 22, 2025

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Overview

This climactic episode concludes the adaptation of "Batman: Dark Victory," drawing the Long Halloween saga to a close. The story focuses on the fallout from the Hangman killings, the final showdown between Batman, Two-Face (Harvey Dent), and the Falcone crime family, as well as the emotional reckoning for each of Gotham’s central figures. The episode is rich with thematic exploration—justice, legacy, trauma, and the difficult bonds of family—while introducing Robin, Batman’s young partner, as a symbol of hope in Gotham’s darkest hour.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Hangman’s Lair & Confrontation with Catwoman

• [01:24–04:47]
  • Batman is nearly hanged by the Hangman in a secret alcove of the Falcone penthouse; Catwoman intervenes.
  • The unresolved relationship between Batman and Catwoman is front and center.
  • Catwoman’s connection to the Falcone family is explored through her mysterious six-month absence in Italy and her conflict with Sophia Falcone.

Batman (internal): “This is not the first time I have found Catwoman at the Falcone residence. Her relationship to the family, to the entire Hangman affair, has been unresolved.” [02:52]

Sophia Falcone’s Tragic Story & Motive

• [04:12–07:27]
  • Sophia’s fall and disfigurement (recapped by Batman), her own act of self-mutilation to keep her father “with her forever,” and her subsequent return from Italy form the heart of her motivation.
  • Batman’s struggle with guilt over past events is mirrored in Catwoman and Sophia’s own baggage.

Sophia Falcone: “His scars are mine now.” [07:05]
Batman (internal): “The father's love can be a terrible thing.” [06:37, 20:44]

The War for Gotham’s Criminal Underworld

• [11:16–12:38]
  • Two-Face/Harvey Dent orchestrates the Columbus Day Massacre, attempting to seize control of Gotham from the ruins of the Falcone dynasty.
  • Joker allies with Two-Face in this violent coup, underscoring the city’s transformation from organized crime to chaos.
  • The remaining Falcone siblings, Sophia, Alberto, and Mario, become targets.

Two-Face: “They will be talking about this Columbus Day Massacre for years to come. In a matter of days, Gotham City will be mine.” [11:27]

Investigation, Betrayals, and the Roles of Law Enforcement

• [12:56–16:19]
  • Gordon and Detective Julia Lopez attempt to bring Mario Falcone in, offering immunity.
  • Revelations about Janice Porter's murder, police informants, and the betrayal of officer Wilcox, who was operating undercover on Sophia's payroll.

Mario Falcone: “Can I listen to the tape of the cop who was hanged again? ... There’s an L. Wilcox on Sophia’s payroll and for big money.” [15:46, 16:02]

The Unraveling of Sophia Falcone – Hangman Revealed

• [16:26–21:38]
  • Batman deduces Sophia Falcone-Gigante is the Hangman, targeting those who supported Harvey Dent.
  • The “Hangman game” is exposed as Sophia's vendetta against those she blames for her family's collapse, especially Harvey.
  • Sophia, previously believed incapacitated, removes her brace and reveals her strength—her weakness was her disguise.

Sophia Falcone: “My father once told me: You are never stronger than when your enemy thinks you are weak.” [20:44]

The Final Showdown: Two-Face, Batman, and Sophia

• [21:08–23:35]
  • Batman intervenes to stop Two-Face from killing Sophia in revenge.
  • Sophia’s arc ends in death at Two-Face’s hand; her body hangs like her own victims in a grim parallel.

Batman (internal): “Harvey throws a noose around the lifeless body of Sophia Falcone Gigante. Now she hangs like her many victims...” [23:20]

The Aftermath: Chaos and Reflection

• [29:29–30:17]
  • The criminal gang falls apart; Joker betrays Two-Face.
  • Two-Face’s fate is ambiguous after “falling” during an altercation.

Joker: “Well, I wasn’t going to let him have it all. For all his talk, what did Two-Face really want? Getting rid of a bunch of gangsters. Same as old Harv. He never understood Gotham City. Like you and me, Batman.” [30:17]

The Rise of Robin and Renewal of Batman’s Mission

• [31:02–39:44]
  • Dick Grayson/Robin, in his self-designed costume, demonstrates his resolve and connection to Batman.
  • Batman recognizes the importance of partnership, passing on his mission and trauma in a hopeful direction.
  • The dynamic duo is officially born, with a mutual vow to fight crime.

Dick Grayson / Robin: “I vow to help make the world a better place.” [39:31]
Batman (internal): “Only now I am no longer alone in that promise. Batman and Robin…” [38:58]

Fallout and Emotional Closure

• [32:34–35:37]
  • The realization that the Falcone empire is truly finished; Sophia killed her own brother, Alberto.
  • Gotham’s law enforcement looks to rebuild—with Detective Lopez suggested as a new chief.
  • Batman and Catwoman’s ties are reconsidered, with Selina visiting Carmine Falcone’s grave and confessing her belief he was her real father.

Catwoman: “I spent six months in Italy trying to find a piece of paper that would prove what I believe is true. There was nothing. I know you are my real father. But I can never prove it. My history is as empty as this grave. So this is goodbye.” [35:37]

Epilogue: Reflection on Legacy

• [36:59–39:44]
  • Batman accepts that the world may be better without Harvey Dent, though he continues to wrestle with the consequences of their actions and vows.
  • Two-Face is not truly gone, hinting at his enduring threat.

Two-Face / Harvey Dent: “I’ve died before, too. Twice now. And here I am. Here I still am. Against all odds, against all tosses of the damn coin, here we both are…” [37:13]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Batman on Trauma & Responsibility:
  “Harvey Dent was my friend. Who is Sophia Falcone to you?” [07:40]
• Sophia Falcone’s Motivation:
  “Papa’s scars… his scars are mine now.” [06:53, 07:05]
• Two-Face’s Ruthlessness:
  “They will be talking about this Columbus Day Massacre for years to come. In a matter of days, Gotham City will be mine.” [11:27]
• Joker's Philosophy:
  “He never understood Gotham City. Like you and me, Batman.” [30:17]
• Robin’s Debut:
  “Like it? Designed it myself.” [31:12]
• Batman and Robin’s Vow:
  “I vow to help make the world a better place.” – Dick Grayson / Robin [39:31]
  “And I swear that I will fight against crime and corruption and never to swerve from the path of righteousness.” – Batman [39:34]

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Timeline of Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|---------| | 01:24–04:47 | Batman’s near death at Hangman's lair, confrontation with Catwoman | | 04:12–07:27 | Sophia Falcone’s history and motives revealed | | 11:16–12:38 | Columbus Day Massacre: Two-Face’s power play | | 15:06–16:19 | Betrayals, revelations about Wilcox | | 16:26–21:38 | Batman’s deduction: Sophia is the Hangman | | 21:08–23:35 | Final confrontation: Batman, Two-Face, Sophia | | 29:29–30:17 | Joker’s betrayal; Two-Face’s ambiguous fall | | 31:02–39:44 | Robin’s rise; vow with Batman | | 32:34–35:37 | Aftermath, law enforcement rebuilds, Catwoman’s closure | | 36:59–39:44 | Batman’s reflection on loss and legacy; dynamic duo solidified |

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Episode Tone and Style

The episode retains a noir, reflective tone in line with the original comics—blending hard-edged crime drama with operatic tragedy and hope. Batman’s internal narration is solemn and introspective, while the dialogue between characters like Two-Face, Joker, and Robin injects moments of dark humor or poignancy. The performances evoke the characters’ complexities and emotional burdens, ending with the redemptive symbolic union of Batman and Robin.

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Summary

This finale to "Batman: Dark Victory" intricately explores the end of Gotham’s old guard and the emergence of its new heroes. Through pain, betrayal, and sacrifice, Batman finds hope and partnership in Robin, signifying the dawn of a new era for Gotham. The show masterfully balances action, emotional depth, and thematic closure, making it a riveting experience for Batman fans and newcomers alike.

Transcript

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[Batman]

You're listening to DC High Volume.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Batman.

[Batman]

The Hangman killer's lair is a secret alcove behind a bookcase in the Falcone penthouse, from whose ledge the Dark Knight hangs from a noose. He'll soon discover whether Catwoman's sudden reappearance is cause for celebration or concern. As 2face's endgame comes into view, Batman will need all the help he can get, including that of a young boy named Dick Gray Grayson. And now, dark victory. Chapter 13.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Labor Day night in Gotham City. The Falcone penthouse. I was careless. On the trail of the Hangman, who is responsible for the death of 10 police officers, I was careless. Then Catwoman appeared.

[Batman]

Need any help?

[Detective Julia Lopez]

No.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

After former police commissioner Gillian Loeb was murdered on Thanksgiving last year, when the Hangman's modus operandi became clear to me, I started training for this. Practicing this exact move hundreds of times on the rooftops at my father's house, Wayne Manor. I slow my breathing, bring down my heart rate, brace against the brick wall. Finding my foot, searching for the smallest bit of leverage. You're not going anywhere.

[Batman]

Really? I might have something to say about that.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Catwoman. This is not the first time I have found Catwoman at the Falcone residence. Her relationship to the family, to the entire Hangman affair, has been unresolved. Up until this moment, the noose still around my neck was strung up with this pulley. I let it fly.

[Batman]

So you don't want to play? I know what you're thinking, but I'm not the Hangman. You still have a noose around your pretty little neck. Let me help with that.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Give me a reason to believe you.

[Batman]

I don't give a damn what you believe.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Tell me what you were doing up here tonight.

[Batman]

Get your boot off of me.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

You disappeared for six months. Why Italy? I didn't ask where. I asked why.

[Batman]

It's the same answer. Now get your damn off of me. The night Harvey Dent killed Carmine Falcone, Sofia Falcone and I fell off this roof.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Papa. Papa.

[Sophia Falcone]

Intent.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

You person.

[Batman]

Ok, it's finished. What's Done is done. In the confusion, I don't think you saw. I don't think anybody saw. I scratched her face.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

I'll kill you.

[Batman]

The right side of her face. Don't, Sophia. Just like her dead father.

[Sophia Falcone]

I'll kill you.

[Batman]

Don't.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Sophia.

[Batman]

I caught a ledge just a few stories down. But Sophia. She should have died. But my bola caught on her neck. What happened to her instead may have been worse. As she fell, the other end of my bola wrapped around a gargoyle on the side of the building. The momentum slammed her through a window and back inside. Right at the doorstep of her father's penthouse. Her face. The glass had sheared off the right side of it. She wasn't moving. She would have bled to death if Mr. Mere hadn't found her.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Ms. Falcone. Ms. Falcone.

[Sophia Falcone (voice variation)]

Sophia.

[Batman]

With the police arriving, he stole Sophia safely out of the building. And together, I would find out later. They fled to Italy where her brother Mario was living in Palermo and a plastic surgeon could be easily found.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Piano.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Piano.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Adeso, vato. Levare, levende. Oh, cheveleta.

[Mario Falcone]

You look just like you used to, sister. Perhaps even better. How do you feel?

[Batman]

A father's love can be a terrible thing.

[Sophia Falcone]

The scars.

[Mario Falcone]

Are all gone. You're perfect.

[Sophia Falcone]

Papa's scars.

[Batman]

Sophia picked up the surgeon's scalpel and turned it on herself.

[Mario Falcone]

Sophia.

[Sophia Falcone (voice variation)]

What.

[Mario Falcone]

What are you.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

What?

[Sophia Falcone]

His scars are mine now.

[Batman]

Now he would be with her forever. I tried to find her orthopedic surgeon. I looked and looked and found no one.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Why would you go through all this trouble? Who is Sophia Falcone to you?

[Batman]

Why is it so hard for you to understand when you blame yourself for Harvey Dent? And you didn't even throw the acid?

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Harvey Dent was my friend. Who is Sophia Falcone to you.

[Batman]

Batman? Typical.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

The caves beneath Wayne Manor. The boy has been training.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Hey, Batman, guess what? I could do a triple flick here, inside the cave. Want to see it?

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

I should not encourage him. I was careless.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Pretty cool, huh? Do you see those drawings? I'm still working on it. What do you think of Bat Boy? Bat Mite. Maddie.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

I need this repaired by tonight. My suggestion to wear the neck brace proved to be prudent after all. I'll take that as a resounding yes. Then.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

What did I do?

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Do not take it personally.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Master Bruce has these moods.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

I could help him if he'd just.

[Batman]

Ask me.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Stupid drawings.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

Yes, I imagine you could.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

But I am quite certain he never will. Ask Dick. Columbus day at precisely 2am Umberto and Pino Moroni. But then at that point, she starts. Hey, who's that?

[Sophia Falcone]

Who? The.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Two for one special.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Lucia Viti.

[Batman]

Wait.

[Mario Falcone]

All right.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

See you around, Tommy.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Edward Scabbers.

[Mario Falcone]

Freeze.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Wait. Bobby. Gonzo. If it's a you them kids again.

[Sophia Falcone (voice variation)]

I'm.

[Joker]

Jokes on you.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

The heads of four of the five crime families were all murdered. Harvey Dent, once my ally in this war, was responsible.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

They will be talking about this Columbus Day Massacre for years to come. In a matter of days, Gotham City will be mine.

[Mario Falcone]

Ours.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Where are all these millions you have been promising Two Face Pancake Pan? There are 11 warehouses filled with untraceable laundered cash that belong to the Falcone family. Information which was provided by the late Janice Porter. When this job is done, you will all get what you were promised and more. Just three left. Sophia, Alberto and Mario.

[Sophia Falcone]

Ooh, ooh.

[Joker]

Deb's on Alberto.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Make sure you finish it this time.

[Joker]

Oh, don't worry, Harv. I'll lick the plate clean.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

You better.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Gotham Cemetery, the grave of former DA Janice Porter. I watch from above. Such a waste. Gordon, you've got company.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

Lopez. He's here.

[Mario Falcone]

I appreciate you coming.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

You said you wanted to talk. What about Falcone?

[Mario Falcone]

I need to know you can get me asylum and immunity.

[Sophia Falcone (voice variation)]

Asylum?

[Batman]

From who?

[Mario Falcone]

From everybody.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

The Falcone Mausoleum at the far end of the cemetery. Since Labor Day, Alberto Falcone and his sister Sophia have been missing. I suspect that Alberto, who terrorized my city as Holiday, was shot. He may even be dead. I don't suspect this.

[Sophia Falcone]

Please. No. If we go to a doctor, any doctor, they'll find us. So the Calendar man clipped you with one little shot. Papa once took five hits right in the chest and shrugged it off. I am not my father.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

I just want to live.

[Sophia Falcone]

You're right, Alberto. You're not like Papa. And you never will be. Bu. Note Alberto.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

At Gordon's office.

[Mario Falcone]

You have to understand. Porter and I had an arrangement. I gave her information on Sophia's activities and she gave me protection. When I heard she'd been murdered, possibly by my brother Alberto, I knew all bets were off.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

Porter told me we had someone on the inside. She never told me who. Were you having an affair with her?

[Mario Falcone]

No.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

Did you know she was having an affair with Harvey Dent?

[Sophia Falcone]

What?

[Batman]

No.

[Mario Falcone]

Can I listen to the tape of the cop who was hanged again? What did you say her name was?

[Batman]

Wilcox, Detective. Laureen Wilcox.

[Mario Falcone]

Had a deal. There's an L. Wilcox on Sophia's payroll and for big money. But we had a deal.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Liar.

[Batman]

Lilcox was My partner.

[Sophia Falcone]

My friend.

[Mario Falcone]

I didn't know. I. I didn't know she was a cop until now.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

Enough. The damage has been done.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Sophia. Sophia. Gigante is the Hangman. She's out. They're trying to kill me. The explosions, they're coming from the sewers. On the night he died, Carmine the Roman Falcone swore he would burn Gotham City to the ground before he would let a freak have it. In order to flesh out Two Face, the unthinkable has occurred. The underground gas lines have been opened and set afire. Gordon has his hands full now protecting the city. Leaving me to do what needs to be done. Starting with Two Face's accomplices. Scarecrow, tell me where Two Face is or I'll throw you back into the fire. 2Face has ordered an evacuation.

[Batman]

Harvey?

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Dead.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Hold on, Solomon. The rest of you take the tunnel heading west. I'm gonna find out what the hell hit us.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

The Riddler was wrong. Hangman can be played by one person. If you are not playing the game.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Come on, show yourself.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Dick was right. The notes left on the victims were messages telling us the Hangman's motive all along. Why the killer threw a noose around each of their victims necks. Two Face flies into the air. And the clues replay in my mind again. Nine of you are safe. Two can play this game. Knows if you've been bad or good. And justice for all. Guilty as sin. A jury of your peers. Murder in the first degree.

[Sophia Falcone]

Order in the court.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Justice is blind.

[Sophia Falcone]

An eye for an eye.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Sophia Falcone, Gigante. Harvey Dent took the one thing that meant more to her than anything in the world. In turn, Sophia set out to take from Harvey anyone who had helped him along the way. The cops, even the rotten ones from o' Hara to Gordon, each helped build Harvey Dent's career as a crusader D.A. gordon's task force cops were killed since they intended to stop the Hangman and end Sophia's quest. Making Harvey Dent nothing more than a fading memory. The father's love can be a terrible thing.

[Sophia Falcone]

My father once told me. You are never stronger than when your enemy thinks you are weak. Like a broken woman with a head brace.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Sophia removes her neck brace and tosses it aside as easily as she stands now without her wheelchair.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Sophia.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Catwoman not being able to find Sophia, Sophia's orthopedic surgeon. The scratches on Sophia's face telling us that she was not what she seemed. The clues that pointed to Dent, to Alberto, to Mario, even to her dead father. Paul intended to misdirect any suspicion of.

[Mario Falcone]

Her.

[Sophia Falcone]

Nobody looked beyond the wheelchair at a supposedly crippled woman.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Your friend father can run.

[Batman]

Oh.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

I can't let two Face die this way. Batarang's Batman. No one else dies. You still protect him.

[Batman]

He betrayed you and the city. Everything you say you believe in.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

This isn't about debt. I'm here for the men and women you hanged for the end of the Falcone crime family. Harvey throws a noose around the lifeless body of Sophia Falcone Gigante. Now she hangs like her many victims. Or what did you do?

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

You wanted it to end, Bats. So did I. Now there aren't going to be any insanity police this time.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

And Harvey disappears deeper into the sewer. Yours.

[Sophia Falcone (voice variation)]

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[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

D.

[Batman]

Gunshots.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

And a dead end.

[Joker]

We'll have to show our pal Harvey our appreciation for this escape route.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Solomon, open the gate and see where it takes us.

[Batman]

Two Face, all Grundy was was loyal to you. He's dead.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

He's died before. He'll live again. Let's go. What have we found here?

[Joker]

Oh, boys and girls, I believe this is the Bat's little roost. And he's not home.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Who's there?

[Batman]

Showtime.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Victor. Watch out.

[Batman]

There's someone else down.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Uh oh.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Tanak.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Okay, Batman, let's take him.

[Joker]

What the hell is this?

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Some kid all by himself.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

I have to act swiftly. Get the boy to safety.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Not alone, Mr. A. Dynamic duo.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Stay away from the boy. I think about Gordon reminding me of how Harvey Dent played cards with him. How they got drunk together. How Gordon insisted that no matter what he's become, Harvey was my friend too. In so many ways. Sophia Falcone tried to erase Harvey Den with all the good it was Harvey Dent. Two Face had already destroyed.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Bats. Stop.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Not this time.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

For the second time, stop. I don't want to shoot you.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Stay back, you.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Gotham City is mine now. Everyone else is dead.

[Batman]

Oh.

[Joker]

Not everyone, Har. Now off you go. See you next time.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

Fall, Harvey.

[Joker]

Wonder how deep that goes. Harvey Denton had a great fall. Well, I wasn't going to let him have it all. For all his Talk. What did 2Face really want? Getting rid of a bunch of gangsters. Same as old Harv. He never understood Gotham City. Like you and me, Batman.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Screwball in the corner pocket. Pretty cool, huh?

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

The kids in a red and green outfit with a yellow cap. Like something you'd see in the circus. What is that you're wearing?

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Like it? Designed it myself.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

The sewer tunnels leading into the caves will be dynamited so this never happens again. It could have been much worse if it wasn't for Dick. The Gotham City Police Department Rooftop.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

Do you think that he is really dead?

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

As much as I can be without finding the body. In any event, the man we knew as Harvey Dent was already dead.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

I understand you're working with a young partner now. I'd like to meet him sometimes.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Yes, I am. And you will.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

Batman. I know I don't say this very often, but thank you. The Hangman. Sophia. She killed a lot of cops. My people. We couldn't have stopped her without you.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Trick or treat. Halloween night in Gotham City. The Gordon residence. Barbara hands out candy while the police commissioner confides with Detective Julia Lopez, one of the only survivors of his elite squad.

[Batman]

Honestly, I don't know what I'm gonna do. This case. I saw some things. Wilcox. I trusted her. I can only imagine how you feel, Julia. It's been a hard year for all of us.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

Chief o' Hara would talk about the old days in Gotham City. How being a cop was tough, but they held onto it. That being a cop meant something back then. I think he can again. Lopez, The GCPD needs good people. And I'm gonna be looking for a new chief soon.

[Batman]

I. I always liked o'.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

The Falcone estate. After midnight, while burying Sophia Alberto Falcone's body was discovered in the Falcone crypt, along with Harvey Dent's stolen files. Harvey had kept the files in order from o' Hara to Gordon, just like the victims. Remembering that Two Face could come to Gordon's rescue on April Fool's Day. We'll never know why, but I suspect it truly was to prove he wasn't the Hangman.

[Detective Julia Lopez]

No one left. No one left.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Forensics found Alberto died of suffocation, not the bullet wound. And from the fingerprints, that Sophia, his own sister, was responsible. The GCFD had their hands full controlling the fire at the Falconi estate. Papers would call it the Halloween Inferno. No attempts were ever made to find the arsonist. I once believed that the end of the Falcone organization would come with a broken woman in a wheelchair. I was wrong. It ended with a broken man sitting alone in front of his family's home next to a gas can at the restored gravesite of karma in the room in Falcone. I never heard from Catwoman again. Although I suspect with time, I will.

[Batman]

Veni, vidi, vi. I know you wondered why I stole from you often and repeatedly when there were others who were just as deserving. I used your money to buy my way into society. Into a new Selena. Kyle. I took what I needed to make a life that I deserved. That I was owed. But you never knew why. No one does. I spent six months in Italy trying to find a piece of paper that would prove what I believe is true. There was nothing. I know you are my real father. But I can never prove it. My history is as empty as this grave. So this is goodbye. We never spoke while you were alive, so I don't see much reason in starting now. But here's a rose.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Alfred called it once a world without Harvey Dent. It is a better world for that.

[Two-Face / Harvey Dent]

I've died before, too. Twice now. And here I am. Here I still am. Against all odds, against all tosses of the damn coin, here we both are. Isn't that right, Carmine? The Roman Falcone. Sorry, your assets are all frozen.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

I can't change your mind.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

No way.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Deep within the caves beneath my father's house, I remember what Catwoman said. A father's love can be a terrible thing. You might want to rethink the yellow cape.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Nope. Those were the colors my parents wore on the circus.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

How the rage brought on by the death of the Roman changed Sophia's life. And what the murder of my own father brought out in myself, now I see in Dick the chance to help him cope with his own laws and guide him into being a better man for it. And what is it you want to call yourself?

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

Robin.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

H. I made a promise to my parents that I would rid the city of the evil that took their lives. That remains unchanged. Only now I am no longer alone in that promise. Batman and Robin, repeat after me. I vow to help make the world a better place.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

I vow to help make the world a better place.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

And I swear that I will fight against crime and corruption and never to swerve from the path of righteousness.

[Dick Grayson / Robin]

And I swear that I will fight against crime and corruption and never to swerve from the path of righteousness.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

SA.

[Batman]

You'Ve been listening to DC High volume Dark Victory Dark Victory Comic written by Jeph Loeb with artwork by Tim Sale Directed by Fred Greenhalgh Audio adaptation by Fred Greenhalgh Roshan Singh, Sambi and Scott Lee Chua Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Fingers Starring Jason Spisak as Batman, Jay Paulson as Jim Gordon, Adam o' Byrne as Two Face, Reba Burr as Catwoman, Dan Gill as the Joker, Tessa Monroe as Janice Porter and Christina Rosado as Sofia Falcone. Also starring Jessie Burch, Joel Brady, Ian Cardoni, Tommaso John De Blasi, Nick Fisher, Rachel Rosenblum and Simon Vance. With additional voices by Robert Bedel, James Ciccone Andy Cowell, Matthew Quern, Darren De Paul, Richard Doyle, Rebecca Falkenberry, Brian Phinney, Jean Francois Donaldson, Jonathan Freeman, Fred Greenhalgh, Erin Hendry, Cassidy Caston, Michelle Lukes, Catherine McNamara, Byron Mark Newsome, Joe Ockman, Gabriel Oliva, Spencer Olson, Jason Pace, Valerie Ortiz, Greg Roman, Devin Shepherd, Kevin Smith, Mike Starr, Regina Toffen, Austin Trow, David Uselin, Nora Wyman and Johnny Williams Casting by Sunday Bowling Kennedy and Meg Mormon CSA Produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Roshan Singh Sambhi Executive producers for DC Mike Pallotta and Victor Diaz, Executive producers for Realm Molly Barton and Carly Milori Director of production operations for Realm Devin Shepherd Production manager, Jordan Accancia Music composed by Sam Ewing Additional music by Marcus Thorne Bagala Supervising sound design and mix by Jonathan Roberts Additional sound design and mix by Daniel Ramirez and Daniel Brunel Dialogue editing by Joey Fishground Additional production support by Andas Productions Assistant editors Chia Yam Chong and Jamie Leidwinger Associate producer Andrew Kwan Video editor Tasha Carter Production services provided by Realm Recorded at Real Voice LA, the Invisible Studios, CityVox and Edge Studios this podcast was recorded under a SAG AFTRA agreement based on characters from dc. The characters and events depicted in this podcast are fictional. Any similarity to any actual person, living or dead, or to any actual events, firms, places and institutions, or other entities is coincidental and unintentional. This podcast is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries and its unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution. Copyright and trademark D.C. all rights reserved.

[Batman (internal monologue/narration)]

Sam.