At their best, the
Batman Adventures books had tragedy as heart-rending as
the animated series that it is based on.
- Gotham Adventures #13, in which the Threatening Trio wind up disbanding with Mr. Nice leaving the country to fulfill a prophecy by helping a young boy. It ends with him leaving into a bright light. It becomes incredibly more sad when you see the real life context: Mr. Nice had been created to resemble comic writer Archie Goodwin, who had died earlier that year; the issue was made in dedication to him.
- The ending of Batman & Robin Adventures #7.
- The tribute to DC artist Mike Parobeck in Batman & Robin Adventures Annual #1.
- "No, Ms. Gleeson. The person you described....was never here...."
- Talia to Batman, right after her Face Heel Turn: "If I had told you, we wouldn't have had Paris...."
- "We were married on a snowy Christmas day. Nora loved the snow. I thought it....sad that there would be none this year. And I wouldn't want my wife to be sad tonight."
- Mad Love. It holds even more weight than the cartoon adaptation, and you can't help but pity Harley.
