Famous Quotes and Oft-repeated Phrases


  • "I believe in..."
    • "...Gotham City"--Bruce Wayne to Carmine Falcone, issue one, page 1; caption, issue one, page 48; and Jim Gordon to Barbara, issue thirteen, page 41
    • "...Harvey Dent"--Bruce Wayne to Selina Kyle, issue one, page 12; caption, issue one, page 48; and Gilda Dent to herself, issue thirteen, page 48
    • "...Jim Gordon"--caption, issue one, page 48
    • "...Batman"--Batman’s inner monologue, issue thirteen, page 43
  • "...what needs to be done"
    • "The rest of us will take care of what needs to be done"--Harvey to Selina and Bruce, issue one, page 11
    • "We know what needs to be done"--Bats to Jim and Harvey, issue one, page 28, and Jim to Bats, issue twelve, page 7
    • "Then do what needs to be done"--Bats to Jim, issue thirteen, page 7
    • "I did what needed to be done"--Harv to Bats, issue thirteen, pages 35 and 36, and Gilda to herself, issue thirteen, page 45
  • "Carmine "The Roman" Falcone. Gotham City’s untouchable Crime Lord."--
    • captions in: issue one, page 2; issue five, page 6; issue six, page 4; issue eight, page 14; issue nine, page 5; issue ten, page 8; issue eleven, page 9; issue twelve, page 9; and issue thirteen, page 6.
    • (Also, DV issue zero, page 2)
  • "The monthly board meeting of the Gotham City Bank"--captions in issue one, page 31, and issue six, page 5.
  • "The Viti Family rules Chicago. With designs on Gotham City"--captions in issue six, page 9, and issue eleven, page 9.
  • "Sal Maroni. The Roman’s chief rival for control of Gotham City."--captions in: issue one, page 21; issue six, page 19; issue seven, page 8; issue nine, page 7; issue ten, page 8; issue eleven, page 10; issue twelve, page 19; and issue thirteen, page 2.
  • "Somewhere in this city I know The Roman..."
    • "...is smiling"--Batman’s inner monologue, issue one, page 31.
    • "...is laughing"--Bats’ inner monologue, issue one, page 34
    • "...isn’t laughing anymore"--Bats’ inner monologue, issue one, page 46
  • "Two shots to the head. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy."--
    • Harvey to Bats, issue one, page 40, and issue thirteen, page 29.
    • (Also, DV issue one, page X)
  • "A serial killer the newspapers..."
    • "... have dubbed “Holiday” is on the loose"--caption in issue three, page 5
    • "...call “Holiday” is still at large"--caption in issue eight, page 3
    • "...call “Holiday” has been stalking Gotham City"--caption in issue eleven, page 5
    • "... call “Holiday” ... has been marking the calendar with members of the Falcone family"--caption in issue, twelve, page 9
  • "Institutionalized for committing crimes that coincide with the calendar."--
    • caption in issue eight, page 3, and variation “Named so for” in caption in issue twelve, page 17
    • (Also, DV issue zero, page 6; issue one, page 21; and issue seven, page 7)
  • "Jonathan Crane, psychologist turned psychopath."--
    • captions in: issue eight, page 9; issue nine, page 18; and issue ten, page 16
    • (Also, LODK special Choices, p. 3, and DV issue three, page 9)
  • "Wayne Manor. My father’s house."--
    • captions in: issue eight, page 13; issue nine, page 20; and issue ten, page 4
    • (Also, DV issue one, page 16; issue two, page 17; issue four, page 3; and issue eight, page 22.)
  • "The town isn’t big enough for two homicidal maniacs"--Joker to Harv, issue three, page 17, and caption in issue four, page 4
  • "Jervis Tetch. Delusional. Schizophrenic. Homicidal. The Mad Hatter."--caption in issue nine, page 18; issue ten, page 16; and the LODK special Madness, page 3.
  • "Pearls are for a special night."--"Couldn’t we make it special"--Bruce to Martha Wayne, LODK special Madness, page 16, and caption in issue eight, page 17.
  • "You could always have more"--Mad Hatter to Babs Gordon, LODK special Madness, page 22, and to Scarecrow, issue nine, page 19
  • "He wants the pearls"--Bruce’s inner monologue, issue eight, pages 18 and 22
  • "The Roman’s penthouse."--
    • captions in: issue two, page 15; issue three, page 18; issue nine, page 10; issue eleven, page 14; and issue thirteen, page 17
    • (Also, appears as “Sofia Gigante’s penthouse” in DV issue three, page 14 and issue four, page 14)
  • "(Holiday) in Gotham City."--
    • captions in: issue one, page 43; issue two, page 3; issue three, page 5; issue four, page 1; issue twelve, page 2; issue thirteen, pages 1, 13, and 45
    • (Appeared in a caption in lost pages of TLH TPB, from issue thirteen)
    • (Also, DV issue two, page 15; issue four, page 2; and issue eight, page 1)
  • "I remember my father."--Bruce’s inner monologue, issue nine, pages 1 and 21.
  • "I made a promise..."
    • "...on the grave of my slain parents"--Bats’ inner monologue, issue one, page 29
    • variation: "the promise I made to my parents, the promise to rid this city of the evil that took their lives, may finally be within reach"--Bats’ inner monologue, issue four, page 22
    • "...to them"--Bruce to Selina, issue ten, page 4
    • "...to my parents to protect this city from the evil that took their lives"--Bats’ inner monologue, issue thirteen, page 7
    • "...to my parents that I would rid the city of the evil that took their lives"--Bats’ inner monologue, issue thirteen, page 42
  • "It’s hot. But not as hot as the night Johnny Viti got married."--
    • Selina to Bruce, issue one, page 7
    • (Selina to Mario, DV issue one, page 6)
  • "Calendar Man is being forgotten."--
    • Day to Bats, issue twelve, page 18
    • (Also Day to Harv, DV issue seven, page 8)
  • "Thirty days hath September..."--
    • Calendar Man in issue three, page 6, and issue twelve, page 17
    • (Also, the end of the rhyme in DV issue one, page X)
  • "Tell me what you know."--Bats to Calendar Man, issue eight, page 4, and issue twelve, page 17



I believe in Gotham City

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.