Charlotte Belaïch

Madrid returns home after a year of mapping segments of the Astral Rifts, but is a little early for the annual family cookout. Gina, Brit' and Brianna are all out on various errands, so Madrid, Charlie, Tifanny, and Pojo have Brit's house all to themselves...until Madrid's ex-husband, Dao, arrives with the groceries! Seeing the former couple - now older, wiser, single and 'perfect for each other' - puts a twinkle in the eye of 'Matchmaker Charlotte'... and that twinkle sends Pojo and Tif' running for cover! --

Batman sets his sights on the Gotham Ripper, who in turn has his sights on Batman. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne explores a budding romance with television journalist Charlotte Rivers, who's visiting Gotham City to cover the gruesome slayings - while also trying to uncover Bruce's own mystery. But time is running out as both Commissioner Gordon and Batman work to uncover the true identity of this new serial killer.

Classics Illustrated were comic book adaptations from classic literature, a series that Russian-born Albert Lewis Kanter (1897-1973) began in 1941 for Elliot Publishing. Introduced under the heading Classic Comics, the series started October, 1941, with a 64-page adaptation of Alexandre Dumas‘ , followed by and . With the fourth issue, The Last of the Mohicans, Kanter began his own Gilberton Publications. The first 12 issues had 64 pages, but wartime paper shortages forced Kanter to reduce each issue to 56 pages. In 1947, after the first 34 issues, Kanter changed the title from Classic Comics to Classics Illustrated, a logo with a high visibility over the next 15 years because Kanter, unlike other comic book publishers, kept his titles in print, going back to press with occasional reprintings. --