Panicked, Joe Chill begs to the villains for protection against Batman, revealing that he is indirectly responsible for the hero's existence.
Bruce now has Chill at his mercy, and the Phantom Stranger and Spectre each appear to persuade him, respectively, to uphold justice or exact vengeance. Batman corners Chill in an office, disarming him and revealing that he is the son of Thomas Wayne. Batman interrupts that night's sale, fighting off the assembled villains while focusing on his true target: Chill. Returned by Spectre to the Batcave, Batman uncovers that Joe Chill now sells exotic weapons to supervillains. Batman realizes that the dying Moxon had identified the killer to him - "Chill", and vows that "This ends tonight". The man, who Moxon calls "Chill", offers to kill Thomas Wayne for Moxon in retaliation for his interference. Spectre then shows Batman a meeting between Moxon and the other man at Blackgate Penitentiary. He asks what Batman will do once he identifies his parents' killer. Batman races after the escaping thug, only for the Spectre to appear before him. One of the other thugs, who Batman recognizes as the killer, holds Martha hostage only to be rescued by Batman and Thomas. Batman and Thomas fight together against the gang, managing to capture Moxon. The gala is interrupted by thugs led by Moxon who show up to rob the party. For a joyful moment, Batman is reunited with his parents. After Batman threatens to kill a man he is interrogating, the Phantom Stranger restrains him, taking him back to a charity costume party that his parents attended, revealing the reason for Batman's costume as being based on young Bruce's subconscious memory of his father's "Bat-man" costume.
Batman then heads to a bar to interrogate other criminals for further information, but they claim to know nothing. That evening, Batman (disguised as a priest) tries to learn from Lew Moxon, a dying gangster who ordered the hit on the Waynes, the name of the killer.
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