Story: "Cornelius Stirk Part One" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Alan Grant (plot, script)
Tommy Lee Edwards (pencils)
Ray McCarthy (inks)
Bill Oakley (letters)
Pamela Rambo (colors)
Android Images (color separations)
Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Supporting Characters:

Jeremiah Arkham
Alfred Pennyworth
Armand Krol (concedes defeat in mayoral election)

Villains:

Cornelius Stirk
Penguin

Other Characters:

Elliot Beeston (an aspiring author; dies)
Loomis (a guard at Arkham)
Darlene Hunt (candidate in election for new district attorney)
Seth Voder (newly elected district attorney)

Synopsis:

While Gotham votes in the mayoral elections, which the Penguin has some kind of a hand in, serial killer Cornelius Stirk escapes from Arkham Asylum. Batman is delighted when he hears that Armand Krol has been defeated in the elections by Marion Grange.