WHILE STILL A BOY BRUCE WAYNE WITNESSED THE BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS PARENTS THE TRAGIC EVENT CHANGED THE YOUNG BILLIONAIRE FOREVER BRUCE VOWED TO RID GOTHAM CITY OF EVIL AND KEEP ITS PEOPLE SAFE FROM CRIME AFTER YEARS OF TRAINING HIS BODY AND MIND HE DONNED A NEW UNIFORM AND A NEW IDENTITY
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CHAPTER 1 MATCHES MALONE On a Gotham City subway train Matches Malone fidgeted restlessly Malone was a two-bit criminal on his way to make the biggest deal of his life He wore a green plaid suit and tinted glasses but his behavior was even stranger than his clothing Every few minutes he’d try to engage a fellow subway passenger in extremely annoying small talk So he said to a middle-aged woman in a business suit Come here often The woman sneered at Malone Every work day she snarled Leave me alone you creep
Matches shrugged He went and sat next to an elderly man with a long gray beard How’s it going Grandpa Matches said Liking the weather The weather the old man said We’re in a subway you dolt And it’s raining cats and dogs outside Get away from me Malone shrugged and moved on down the subway car He started to sit down next to a young woman but she blocked the seat with her hands HISSSSSSSSSSSS she snarled at him Matches jumped back Yikes he cried out
