Detective Comics #607

THE MUD PACK PART 4 - THE CHINA CLAY SYNDROME

Dawn has come to Gotham and Lady Clay flies away from the city carrying her new love, Clayface III, both of them seeking a better future and only wanting to leave the former chaos behind. At the same time, Looker contemplates the dawn to give herself strength for the task she is about to perform. Batman is still under the influence of the mental intrusion caused by Lady Clay under the instructions of Basil Karlo and Looker is the only one who can help the Dark Knight, but in order to do so, she must enter his disturbed mind.  Looker uses her powers to breach into Batman's mind, where she notices how the fears and challenges faced by the Caped Crusader haunt him unrelentlessly. As the demons of Batman's mind are instructed to attack only the Dark Knight, Looker can easily destroy them with her powers and when Batman is no longer under attack, she releases his constricted mind. Once released, a grateful Batman inquires Looker about the current whereabouts of the Clayfaces, but she has no clue about it. She tries to use her psychometric abilities on the pile of mud that remains of Matt Hagen, but the informaton is not clear. After recovering from his ordeal, Batman uses his detective equipment to investigate the place and analyzes every little detail. After gathering enough informati