Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts

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Just three more days

until Gotham will be able...

to spot the passage

of the Midas Heart...

the asteroid with a solid gold core

that passes the Earth every 77 years.

And finally, tomorrow night

is the grand opening of the Aviary...

Gotham City's newest

and tallest building.

Count on high society to flock

to Oswald Cobblepot's...

very exclusive

opening night celebration.

This is Car 409-er

with our second sweep of Sector 12.

Go ahead, 409. What's your status?

All clear from up here, dispatch.

Re-engaging for another pass.

Roger that, 409.

Hey, you see him tonight?

Sorry, not tonight.

We've got no sign of the Batman.

All right. You let me know

if you see him, will you?

Yes, Alfred?

I have a question

that simply will not wait, sir.

Which is?

I was inquiring as to what suit

Bruce Wayne...

might need pressed

for his meetings tomorrow.

And that couldn't wait?

These are the things that keep me up

at night, Master Bruce.

Hey, Max, you got plans tonight?

Me and Charlie were gonna

grab a burger. You down?

No, headed home for a shower.

I'm getting ripe inside this tin can.

Yeah, you and me both... Whoa!

Was there anything else, Alfred?

I was inquiring how much longer

your patrol would go this evening.

You see, I've made coq au vin.

Looks like I'll be late.

I've got work to do.

That doesn't belong to you.

What the heck was...? Whoa.

- It's Batman.

- Hey, look it's Batman.

- Oh, do you see that? It's him.

- Oh, Batman! Oh, wow!

Hey, there he goes.

- What was he doing?

- Did you see that?

Looks like someone skipped

their catnap to swipe some jewels.

Pretty, shiny, and sparkling.

All my favorite things.

Hold it right there, Catwoman.

Cheetah?

What's the problem, Nightwing?

Gotham only big enough for one cat-lady?

You'll make me insecure.

Why? You should know by now

that nobody likes a cheetah.

Oh.

Come over here

and we can hiss and make up.

All right. Since you're new in town,

I'll make this fast.

Boy, you don't know fast.

What pretty eyes you have.

Perhaps I'll keep them.

Shocking, right? You know, it's okay

if you just want to surrender now.

You didn't really think

I came all by myself, did you?

Killer Croc? Oh, boy.

Aw, you started without me?

I'm a class act.

I can't spend all night waiting for you

to haul your scaly butt up out of the sewer.

Yeah? Well, go clean yourself as I finish

the job you should have been doing.

- Nightwing, you know Croc.

- Oh, yeah. We've met.

You've thickened up though, haven't you?

You know, maybe you should cut out

snacks before bed.

That's it.

Finish the mission.

I'll take care of him.

That'll work.

I figured you'd want that back.

It's done.

Let's scram before Batman shows up.

Leaving?

But I just got here.

Flash.

Great, what are you doing here?

I've been tracking Croc since he robbed

the Central City copper quarry last week.

He's everywhere.

I got hit harder than I thought.

I'm seeing five of you.

It's cool, right?

Nope, not even a little.

I don't need your help.

I was doing fine.

Is that why you tripped the alarm?

With me here, we could wrap this up quickly.

I didn't think it was possible

but you're even uglier up close.

That's nothing compared to the smell.

When's the last time you bathed?

I get it. You're a giant walking talking

crocodile but have some standards, man.

It kind of tickles. How's about this?

We never finished our dance.

- Gone.

- Anyone here?

Nope. Not here either.

How about here? Nada. No.

- Yeah, they're gone, all right.

- Batman should know about this.

- That was a weird team-up, wasn't it?

- Them? Or us?

Touch.

Checkpoint complete.

Initiating next phase.

What happened?

A talking gorilla robbing a bank?

Now I've seen everything.

Green Arrow happened.

I'll have to remedy that.

I get it. You're like Gorilla Grodd light.

All the gorilla, none of the brains.

I am Silverback. You are toast.

Smokescreen arrow. Patent pending.

Your smoke is immaterial.

Switching to heat sensor.

Wait, what now?

That didn't go the way I expected.

Nightwing, what happened?

Something weird.

I'm uploading the footage

to your subnet now.

Croc and Cheetah working together?

That's new.

- I figured you would want to know.

- And The Flash.

Yeah, that guy.

Mentioned a copper quarry.

That's not Croc's MO.

Maybe it's the Midas asteroid passing

the Earth. Making everyone crazy?

I'm here, Alfred.

I'm afraid I have yet another

animal-related crime...

and it's in progress as we speak.

Upload the coordinates. I'm on my way.

Nightwing, see if you can track

where Cheetah and Croc slunk off to.

Got it.

Here goes nothing.

Impossible. No one could make that shot.

Impossible's my middle name.

Actually, my middle name is Jonas.

But I'm not telling you that.

You're a sight for sore eyes,

Bats... Batman?

You have it backwards. Meet Man-Bat.

We are the Animilitia.

The what? More like the zoo crew.

Mock us if you must,

but you will not stop us.

Maybe not. But he will.

Use your sonic-tip arrow.

Scramble his radar.

On it.

We got what we came for.

Activating back-up.

- What is that?

- Back-up.

So tell me, is it a full moon

or is every night in Gotham this weird?

I hate when he does that.

Boo!

Hey, get a load of this guy.

Oh. Humanity,

you never fail to disappoint me.

Gentlemen, I recall when I too was blind

to the precariousness of human nature.

Hey guys, turns out he talks

as funny as he looks.

Unaware that with the slightest nudge

the world could crash down around me.

Nobody does that to my cousin.

Thank you for the exercise, gentlemen.

I found it bracing.

How's the new suit working?

Good, but needs some adjustments.

The gorilla called himself Silverback.

Other than a penchant for computerized

gadgets, I've got nothing on him.

I've got even less on the other one.

Man-Bat is exactly what he seems,

a man-sized bat.

Curious.

You see that combo?

Yeah, you're still dropping

your shoulder.

Red Robin saves the day again.

Elsewhere, reports of Killer Croc

and Cheetah teaming up.

Together they broke out of Arkham Asylum

about three months ago...

and have been on a crime spree since.

I believe they're related.

- Maybe cousins. At best.

- No, the crimes are related.

Oh.

Yeah, I guess that makes more sense.

We are the Animilitia.

You will not stop us.

Four animal-themed villains working together?

Why? What's the angle?

It's not just them, Red Robin.

There's also these.

Try not to break them.

Then build them smarter.

You always say there's a pattern.

So, what's the pattern?

Map all the robberies and break-ins

committed by the Animilitia.

Include all possible crimes committed

by robotic animals.

All 11 crime scenes

form a circle around this spot.

The Aviary.

Gotham's newest tallest building.

It's a massive feat of engineering.

Built by the only surviving member

of a wealthy high-society family...

Oswald Cobblepot invested

his inheritance...

and seven years of his life

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