Crime Alley

A comic book splash page. Superimposed over the face of batman and his cowl is a street scene in moody blues and grays of a huddled woman walking down a decaying city street, her elongated shadow stretched in front of her. To the left are three blocks of prose, beginning "Twenty-one years ago, this neighborhood was the dwelling place of the rich and soon-to-be rich," and ending "The area known as Park Row acquired a new name—Crime Alley—and—". Underneath it is the story's title in red block letters: "'There is No Hope in Crime Alley!'"