


The next day, Mayor Mitchell's funeral was crashed by Gil Colson, who had been forced by the Riddler to drive his car into the church with a bomb around his neck, a ringing phone taped to his hand, and a letter on his chest once again addressed to the Batman. The Batman pressed Selina to get him to tell more, but when he discovered she knew ruthless gangster Carmine Falcone, he pressed her for information about their relationship, making her uncomfortable enough to remove the contact lens and earpiece and leave Batman alone. There she met District Attorney Gil Colson, and used his attraction to her to get him to tell her about "the rat", a confidential informant in the massive drug bust of Salvatore Maroni who the Riddler seemed to know about. Wearing a special video-recording contact lens and an earpiece connected to Batman, Selina went into 44 Below, the club's lower level that doubled as a mob hangout. Selina then agreed to help the Batman infiltrate the Iceberg Lounge to help him learn more about its patrons, if only to help her find Annika.
THE BATMAN CAST HOW TO
The Riddler then leaked images of Savage's drug dealings outside the Iceberg Lounge to the press, leaving the Batman to ponder not just how to stop the Riddler, but about the wider conspiracy in Gotham. He explained that Gotham City was corrupt to the core, and that he wished to expose the lies and conspiracy that plagued the city and kept ordinary citizens down while the rich and powerful thrived.

While Selina looked around, the television, which was still on, showed Batman that Commissioner Savage had been murdered by the Riddler, who then posted a message to social media that was played on the news. When they returned to the apartment, however, it had been torn apart in a struggle and Annika was gone, along with Selina's cellphone. Realizing Selina would do anything to protect those she cared about, Batman began to feel attracted to her, and decided to come back with her to their apartment to ask Annika why she was scared enough to leave the country. She explained to him that Mitchell had taken Annika's passport, and that she needed it to get out of the country for reasons she wouldn't tell Selina. In Mitchell's home, Selina attempted to steal Annika's passport from Mitchell's safe, but the Batman arrived to stop her. Selina then changed into a black leather outfit and made her way to Mitchell's home, unaware the Batman was following close behind. The Penguin didn't tell him anything, but Batman noticed bartender Selina Kyle listening in on their conversation with rapt intensity, and so he followed her to her home, where he discovered Annika was her roommate. The Batman went to the Lounge to talk with its owner, the smarmy and ruthless Penguin, about the woman, who he later discovered was Estonian prostitute Annika Kosolov. As the Batman, he and Gordon found a thumbdrive in the USB port of Mitchell's car, which contained images of the mayor with a woman he was cheating on his wife with outside the Iceberg Lounge. Later, Bruce and Alfred solved the cipher to reveal the word "DRIVE", which Bruce took to mean he should investigate the mayor's car. Bruce snapped at Alfred, telling him he didn't care about anything but his mission as the Batman, and Alfred merely looked at his quiet and depressed adoptive son, unable to help or protect him any more than he already had. While he examined the cipher, Bruce was approached by his butler and legal guardian, the protective and wry Alfred Pennyworth, who told Bruce he needed to take control of his family's company, Wayne Enterprises, for it was in danger of collapse from his neglect of it. The Batman returned to his home of Wayne Tower in his civilian identity of billionaire Bruce Wayne, where he pondered whether he was truly making a difference after two years of nights fighting criminals in the city and telling them he was vengeance, and thought about whether it was really worth it for his murdered parents, Thomas Wayne and Martha Arkham, his reason for becoming the Batman. The Batman and Gordon investigated as much as they could before Commissioner Savage arrived and ordered Batman off the crime scene. He and Jim Gordon, a hard-boiled police lieutenant who worked closely with the Batman on several cases, investigated Mitchell's body, with the head duct-taped and "NO MORE LIES" written on it in red and an envelope addressed "TO THE BATMAN", which contained a cipher and invited the Batman to "play a game" with the Riddler.
THE BATMAN CAST SERIAL
On October 31, 2021, in Gotham City, New York, Mayor Don Mitchell was murdered in his home by the enigmatic serial killer known as the Riddler, and the obsessive, vengeful vigilante detective known as the Batman was summoned by the Bat-Signal when his body was discovered.
