DETECTIVE COMICS #503

"THE 6 DAYS OF THE SCARECROW"
Writer Gerry Conway | Artists: Don Newton & Dan Adkins
Letterer: Ben Oda | Colorist: Adrienne Roy | Editor: Paul Levitz

The Plot: On Sunday night, while stopping a crook from robbing a pawnshop, Batman is hit by a dart from a nearby rooftop. The next day, Bruce Wayne finds people reacting to him with unexpected fear. On Tuesday, a group of gangsters from Gotham City meets with the Scarecrow on a farm some miles from Gotham. Scarecrow explains that he has developed a chemical that gives anyone injected with it an aura of fear. That night, Batman stops a robbery at a roller rink, but the patrons run from him. Realizing something is wrong, Bruce Wayne calls in sick on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, Alfred, also terrified of Bruce, calls Dick Grayson for help. Dick enlists Batgirl as well, but before the two can begin to help Batman, they respond to a police call at a nearby mall, where Scarecrow is leading a gang of men in terrorizing the patrons. Scarecrow and his gang escape.

Later that night, Robin and Batgirl analyze a gas pellet left by the Scarecrow, and figure out who manufactured it. Batgirl heads to the manufacturer's office and questions the company president, while Robin finds a corn husk on the rooftop from which Batman was darted. Combining their leads, the young crimefighters head for a farm in Hudson County, where they are captured by the Scarecrow. Batman waits a full day for a report from them, but receives nothing -- so on Thursday night, he heads to the farm as well. He rescues his young partners just before Scarecrow doses them with his fear formula, but in the ensuing fight, Scarecrow himelf is injected. Friday finds Batman, Robin, and Batgirl visiting Arkham Asylum, where the doctor in charge tells them that the Scarecrow is now terrified of everything -- even himself.

THE NEW TEEN TITANS #8

"A DAY IN THE LIVES..."
Co-Creators: Marv Wolfman & George Pérez | Embellisher: Romeo Tanghal
Letterer: Ben Oda | Colorist: Adrienne Roy | Editor: Len Wein

The Plot: Starfire meets Wonder Girl, in her civilian guise as photographer Donna Troy, for lunch at Donna's advertising agency. There, Starfire is recruited to become a model. Meanwhile, Robin departs Titans' Tower, having recently rejoined the circus, and promises Raven he will be back for the next Titans' meeting in a week.

Once Robin is gone, Raven considers attending Manhattan University and sends her astral form to check the school out. But the University is being held by a group of revolutionaries, and Raven is forced into action to take them out and defuse their bombs. She succeeds, but her astral form is away from her body for too long and is hurled into another dimension. With all the skill and tenacity she can muster, Raven escapes and returns to her mortal body.

Elsewhere, Changeling is visiting Cyborg when he receives a call from his currently missing stepfather's business manager, who informs him that two members of his stepfather's board of directors have been murdered. Changeling leaves to investigate.

Cyborg departs as well, paying a visit to his old girlfriend, Marcy, who he hasn't seen since before his accident. She asks him to leave, her parents having forbidden her from associating with him. As he wanders through Central Park, Cyborg bumps into a group of children with prosthetic limbs, out for physical therapy. Cyborg joins the kids' baseball game.