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Tear Jerker / Batman: The Long Halloween

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Part One

  • Just the life of Poor Alberto. His father constantly abuses and belittles him, and even gets physical. During a ceremony, his father ignores him completely and claims that Bruce Wayne is the son he never had.
  • Selina has to watch Alberto get shredded by a ship propeller just after she started to bond with him, and part two reveals that he was her brother.

Part Two

  • Batman is injected with fear toxin and hallucinates his parents' murder. The great Batman is reduced to calling out desperately for his mother.
  • Sal Maroni's father is shot right in front of him, and the man is seen crying next to the body after he fails to catch the Holiday killer.
  • Harvey's mind is shattered after Maroni throws acid in his face, turning him into the supervillain Two-Face. Everyone also accuses him of being Holiday, when he is innocent. When he realizes that his wife is Holiday, he ends up taking the fall for her.
  • As horrible as Falcone is, he admits to Batman that he treated Alberto terribly and will never get a chance to make things better.
  • Selina tries to save Sofia, who she knows is her half-sister although Sofia doesn't, only for her to let go of her hand and fall to her death.
  • By the end of the film Selina has watched her brother, father, and sister all die in front of her.
  • A bittersweet one: As Carmine lays dying, Selina unmasks, and he mistakes her for her mother, calling out "Louisa". That was the one and only thing she'd ever learn from her father.

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