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The newBatman'89 serial only catch more weird as the story build up , and is indicativeof Tin Burton ’s true intentionsbehind the unmade third pic in theBatmanfranchise of the 90s . The managing director is known for his idiosyncrasies and   seeable signposts   put in his films , from judicious use of smutty and white coil to themes of alienation , loneliness and dreaming and nightmares . InBatman ' 89#3 , written by Sam Hamm with art by Joe Quinones and colors by Leonardo Ito , Tim Burton ’s base are the maven of the show - but so is the rise and capitulation of Harvey Dent .

InBatman ' 89,Tim Burton ’s ideas for the unmade sequel toBatman Returnsappear in comic form . Harvey Dent is mould after Billy Dee Williams , Robin makes an visual aspect as a teenager from the Burnside neighborhood , and even Catwoman reappears as Bruce Wayne ’s sexual love interest from the previous motion-picture show . At the start of the outlet , onlookers are dismayed to see Dent heroically escape a burning building , carrying an unconscious but alive Robin . From there , Dent apparently gets everything he ever want : the city supports him , Commissioner Gordon resign , the election is won in a landslide , and Bruce Wayne even give him the identity of " Batman " , who is actually multiple mercenaries bankrolled by Wayne .

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regrettably , Dent is only hallucinating ; he does n’t run out of the building , he’sdraggedout , and half his face is horrifically burned . Meanwhile , itsBruce Waynewho save masses from the fire , and the media hound him relentlessly . The socially awkward Bruce is aghast to see " Bruce Wayne : Superhero " as a front - page headline . heartsick and anxious , he travel to theone individual who can help him : Catwoman . Unfortunately , acute protests erupt below them , ruining their nighttime .

Harvey Dent still hallucinate while in a infirmary bed . Nothing has gone according to plan , and while the city still thinks highly of him , he ’s not the hero he wanted to become . Moreover , Batman is still loose . Tim Burton picture show rarely have cut - and - dried happy endings for their long - suffering friend , andBatman ' 89is no different . It makes one curiosity how   Bruce Wayne , now come out of the closet as a hero ( irrespective of Batman ) would have interacted with Dent , who ’s now recovering from his George Burns and confined to a infirmary bed , disillusioned about Gotham City and her citizens . His shift into the villain get laid as Two - Faceis almost complete .

Comic book art: Batman faces the four Robins: Nightwing Dick Grayson, Red Hood Jason Todd, Red Robin Tim Drake, and Robin Damian Wayne.

Tim Burton’sBatman 3was sadly never made , and the train was fired in party favor of Joel Schumacher , who later directedBatman Foreverand the much - malignedBatman and Robin . If the film was anything likeBatman ' 89,fans would have seen a celluloid with multiple delusion , dream sequences , and copious amounts of men labour far out of their comfort geographical zone . Unfortunately , theBatmanof the Tim Burton era is relegated to the comics , at least until the return of Michael Keaton as Batman in 2022’sThe Flash .

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