Batman Vol 1 475

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"The Return of Scarface (Part I of III): Mustache Pete is Dead!"

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Batman Vol 1 #475
March, 1992

Executive Editor

Jenette Kahn

Cover Artists

Norm Breyfogle

Writers

Alan Grant

Pencilers

Norm Breyfogle

Inkers

Norm Breyfogle

Colourists

Adrienne Roy

Letterers

Todd Klein

Editors

Kelley Puckett, Denny O'Neil

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Appearing in "The Return of Scarface (Part I of III): Mustache Pete is Dead!"

Featured Characters:

• Batman

Supporting Characters:

• Harvey Bullock
• James Gordon
• Renée Montoya (First appearance)
• Vicki Vale

Villains:

• Rhino
• Scarface
• Ventriloquist
• Street Demonz

• Andy (First and only known appearance to date)
• Bad Sam (First and only known appearance to date)
• Dallas (First and only known appearance to date)
• Kendo (First and only known appearance to date)
• Pete (First and only known appearance to date)
• Stonk (First and only known appearance to date)

Other Characters:

• Horten Spence (First appearance)
• Joey (First and only known appearance to date)

Locations:

• Gotham City

• Gotham City Police Headquarters
• Gothamite News
• Paisano's Restaurant
• Ventriloquist's Club

Items:

• Batrope
• Fever

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Return of Scarface (Part I of III): Mustache Pete is Dead!"

The Ventriloquist gets out of prison and plans to retire from the life of a criminal. His puppet, Scarface, has other plans however. They return to the Ventriloquist's nightclub only to discover that the Street Demonz have taken over. Scarface's right-hand man, Brute, betrays them and joins in with the Street Demonz. A firefight breaks out and the Street Demonz blast Scarface several times with their shotguns. The Ventriloquist and his loyal henchman, Rhino, take Scarface's body back to their apartment. The Ventriloquist wants to forget all about him, but Rhino insists on giving him a proper burial. He builds a small coffin for the dummy.

Meanwhile, the Batman stops a Fever junkie from pitching himself off from the roof of a tall building. Afterwards, he swings over to Police Headquarters to get an update on the recent Street Demonz activity.

At the Gothamite News building, Vicki Vale meets her new partner – photojournalist Horten Spence. Their editor gives them an assignment to conduct an expose on the recent Fever phenomenon. The two reporters begin scouting the schoolyards and encounter some Street Demon drug dealers. One of them attacks Vicki, but Horten protects her. The two share a kiss, as the Batman swings overhead.

Later, the Ventriloquist hears a voice coming from Scarface's little wooden coffin. He decides to return to his old ways and repairs the wooden dummy. Scarface returns to "life" and pledges to avenge himself against those who wronged him.

Notes

• Storyline continues in Detective Comics #642.

• Batman appeared last in Superman (Volume 2) #66.

• First appearance of Renée Montoya. Renée will become a recurring character throughout the remainder of the series.

Trivia

• The tagline for this issue reads, "He's Gack! Gigger - Golder - Gadder Than Ever Gefore!" The dialogue is intended to reflect the Ventriloquist's speech impediment when speaking through Scarface.

• The phrase, Mustache Pete is a slang term used to describe Sicilian mafia families that took control of the New York City underworld in the early 1900's. One of the thugs in this issue refers to Scarface as a "Mustache Pete".

• Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle's names appear on wanted posters on the cover to this issue.

See Also

• Discuss Batman Vol 1 475 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Batman series

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• Batman article at Wikipedia
• Gotham City article at Wikipedia
• Batman series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Batman series index at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe