Story: "Curtains" (22 Pages)

Credits: Paul Dini (plot, script); Dustin Nguyen (pencils); Derek Fridolfs (inks); Sal Cipriano (letters); John Kalisz (colors); Jeanine Schaeffer (associate edits); Mike Marts (edits)

Feature Character: Batman (also in flashback; appearance in flashback same as Batman #652, page 3, panel 3)

Guest Star: Zatanna

Villains: Sugar (also in flashback following flashback in issue #828 and preceding issue #827; dies), Scarface (in flashback in between Batman #652 and issue #827), Moose; Johnny Sabatino (also in flashback preceding issue #843; dies); Ventriloquist (in flashback in between Batman #652 and issue #827), Joker, Harley Quinn (both in flashback), Frederick Rhino; Sean Riley (first appearance; a Gotham City Crime Boss and Peyton Reiley's father; dies in flashback)

Guest Appearances: Robin III, Harvey Bullock (both in flashback only; appearance in flashback same as Batman #652, page 3, panel 3)