Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 14

Page 14

Doctor Karl Hellfern: You expect us to eat him?

Jack Napier: That's right, like one big, happy family.

Luigi Maroni, Vincent Falcone, and Penguin jump up from the table.

Luigi Maroni: I've already got a family, I don't need another!

Vincent Falcone: Same here!

Men come from the darkness of the warehouse, guns drawn. They each put a gun to the head of each dinner guest.

Jack Napier: Ah, but you don't really have a choice.

Vincent Falcone (defiant): No. I'm not doing this.

Vincent is immediately shot through the head.

Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 12

Page 12

Jack Napier: Look, there are always going to be some small disputes, right? But we here, we gotta look at the big picture.

Jack Napier: These wars are bad for business, and at our core, we are businessmen.

Penguin: Get to the point, Jack.

Jack Napier: The point is that to be able to get on with each other, we need to be less like businessmen, and more like a family...

Jack Napier: And family is all about the shared experience, be it childhood, church,...