In Detective Comics #1088, the two-issue finale begins, with all of the Orgham henchmen falling to Batman’s rogues gallery, while Batman takes on the Orgham Queen.
Detective Comics #1088 main cover by Evan Cagle
Title: “Gotham Nocturne: Act III – Finale, Part 1” [of 2]
Writer: Ram V
Artist: Guillem March
Colors: Luis Guerrero
Main Cover: Evan Cagle
Variant Covers: Mike Perkins (colored by Mike Spicer), Stevan Subic, Chris Samne (colored by Mateus Lopes), and Sebastian Fiumara
Release Date: August 28th, 2024
This comic book review contains spoilers.
Joker’s Daughter, having slaughtered the newest Orgham leader on TV, addresses the city. She’s hidden bombs in the poor and middle class districts, and tells those people to rush into the wealthy districts, where Batman, Nightwing, Cassandra Cain Batgirl, and others are fighting the Orghams. Queen Orgham watches the broadcast and stamps her foot at the insanity of Gotham.
The mind-controller Shavod is defeated easily by the Ten Eyed Man, while Batman breaks into the Orgham headquarters and heads to find the Reality Engine.
Mr. Freeze fights Neang, and Freeze uses blood thinners to work against Neang’s powers to control his temperature and mold his own flesh, breaking his blood vessels and causing him to bleed to death internally. Two-Face fights the werewolf, letting himself be grabbed from behind to shoot through his own side with silver bullets. While Two-Face takes down the old Orgham monster, he spares the beast’s life because of a coin flip.
Queen Orgham, dressed in battle armor, faces Batman in front of the Reality Engine room. He defeats her despite taking a sword to the side, and declares his monsters are worse than her azmer demon. She laughs that he can’t open the Reality Engine. The engine is using Dr. Crane’s abilities to cause the city to tear itself apart.
