Comic Title: Batman #453
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Late August 1990
On Sale Date: July 3, 1990 Shipping Date July 3, 1990
Source: Previews, #16

Shipping Date July 3, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #180

Copyright Date July 3, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Shipping Date July 5, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #18

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Dark Knight, Dark City Part II"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Peter Milligan
Penciller: Kieron M. Dwyer
Inker: Dennis Janke
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
DC Comics Presents:Batman – Dark Knight, Dark City #1 (2011)
Batman:Dark Knight, Dark City TPB (2015)
Batman:The Caped Crusader Vol. 3 TPB (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #452; next appearance in Batman #454)

Villain(s)

• Riddler (last appearance in Batman #452; next appearance in Batman #454)
• Members of the Riddler's gang (Chuck, Frater, and Stefan named; last appearance in Batman #452; next appearance in Batman #454)
• Jimmy (name revealed; dies in this story; last appearance in Batman #452; no further appearances)
• Barbathos (in flashback to 1764; last appearance in Batman #452; next appearance in Batman #454)

Other Character(s)

• Sergeant McCarthy (a police city police officer; last appearance in Batman #452; no further appearances)
• Thomas Jefferson (in flashback to 1764; last appearance in Batman #452; no further appearances)
• Jacob Stockman (in flashback to 1764; last appearance in Batman #452; next appearance in Batman #454)
• Four of Stockman's colleagues (in flashback to 1764; last appearance in Batman #452; no further appearances)
• Dominique (in flashback to 1764; last appearance in Batman #452; next appearance in Batman #454)
• Two babies (next appearance in Batman #454)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Thomas Wayne (in flashback)
• Martha Wayne (in flashback)

Comments:
This story is continued from Batman #452 and continues in Batman #454.

Synopsis:
While investigating the Gotham Cemetery, Batman is attacked by zombies. Most are robots, but one of them is actually a member of the Riddler's gang. When Batman escapes, the Riddler kills his henchman. Batman then continues his pursuit of the Riddler, who has become more bloodthirsty. When it appears that the Riddler is cornered, he threatens the life of a baby. Batman is forced to let the villain escape in order to save the baby by performing an emergency tracheotomy.