There Is No Hope at Haley's Circus

Let us never forget that June 27, the day after the anniversary of the death of Bruce Wayne's parents on June 26, is the anniversary of the death of Dick Grayson's parents. (See: There Is No Hope at Haley's Circus 2013.)


Panels from Batman #436 (Early August 1989), script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by John Beatty, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by John Costanza

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 26

Each June for the past few years (2012, 2013) we've commemorated one of the most retold, one of the most iconic scenes in comic books: the shooting of Thomas and Martha Wayne Gotham's City's Park Row (and in an assortment of Elseworlds)...the dark back street later known as Crime Alley. It's a scene so seminal that it even appears in the pilot for Fox's new Gotham television series this fall.


Clip from the trailer for Gotham, premiering on Fox

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 25

Panels from Batman: The Man Who Laughs one-shot (February 2005), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Doug Mahnke, colors by David Baron, letters by Rob Leigh

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 24

Page from Batman and the Mad Monk #5 (February 2007); script, pencils, and inks by Matt Wagner; colors by Dave Stewart; letters by Rob Leigh

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 23

Page from Batman #561 (January 1999), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by David Roach, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Todd Klein

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 22

Panel from Nightwing (2011 series) #0 (November 2012), co-plot by Tom DeFalco, co-plot and script by Kyle Higgins, pencils by Eddy Barrows, inks by Eber Ferreira, colors by Rod Reis, letters by Carlos M. Mangual

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 21

Pages from Superman: Speeding Bullets one-shot (1993), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils and inks by Eduardo Barreto, colors by Les Dorscheid

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 20

Pages from Justice League (2011 series) #25 (January 2014); script by Geoff Johns; pencils by Doug Mahnke; inks by Christian Alamy, Mark Irwin, Keith Champagne, and Doug Mahnke; colors by Gabe Eltaeb, Tony Avina, and Rod Reis; letters by Nick J. Napolitano

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 19

Panels from Smallville: Season 11 #24 (digital comic, November 2012),script by Bryan Q. Miller, pencils by Kevin West, inks by Marc Deering, colors by Wendy Broome and Carrie Strachan, letters by Saida Temofonte

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 18

Panels from Detective Comics #853 (April 2009), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Andy Kubert, inks by Scott Williams, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Jared K. Fletcher

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 17

Page from World's Finest Comics #288 (February 1983), script by Mike W. Barr and Marv Wolfman, pencils and inks by Adrian Gonzales, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Andy Kubert

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 16

Panels from "Berlin Batman" in The Batman Chronicles #11 (Winter 1988); script, pencils, and inks by Paul Pope, colors by Ted McKeever, letters by Ken Lopez

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 15

Cover of Batman Black and White (2013 series) #1 (November 2013), pencils and inks by Marc Silvestri, colors by...oh wait, never mind.

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 14

Panels from Batman: Detective #27 graphic novel (December 2003), script by Michael Uslan, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Kurt Hathaway

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 13

Panel from Batman #459 (February 1991), script by Alan Grant, pencils by Norm Breyfogle, inks by Steve Mitchell, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Todd Klein

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 12

Pages from Batman #622 (February 2004), script by Brian Azzarello, pencils and inks by Eduardo Risso, colors by Patricia Mulvihill, letters by Clem Robins

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 11

Panels from Batman and the Outsiders (1983 series) #1 (August 1983); script by Mike W. Barr;
pencils, inks, and letters by Jim Aparo

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 10

Panels from Batman Confidential #42 (May 2010); script, pencils, and inks by Sam Kieth; colors by Jose Villarrubia and Sam Kieth; letters by Sal Cipriano
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There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 9

Panel from Batman #644 (Late October 2005), script by Bill Willingham, pencils by Giuseppe Camuncoli, inks by Sandra Hope, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Jared K. Fletcher

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 8

Panel from Batman: Cacophony #3 (March 2009), script by Kevin Smith, pencils by Walt Flanagan, inks by Sandra Hope, colors by Guy Major, letters by Jared K. Fletcher