Batman 659 Author:John Ostrander Grotesk, Part 1 — CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne / Gary Peterson); Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Amina Franklin; Dr. Nancy Stavrides; Perun; Jacqui Tremayne; Grotesk (Dr. Wayne Franklin) — When a loan shark working for the Russian mobster named Perun shows up dead at the Gotham City Dock, Batman takes on his alter ego of Gary Peterson, forensic ... more »analyst to get a look at the scene first hand. The loan shark (a man by the name of Donny Lucido) is the third victim to be killed by being burnt alive after having a piece of his face sliced away. The newspapers have dubbed Gotham's newest serial killer Grotesk and Batman is unable to find any connection to the two previous murders - an employee for Omnimed (a medical research facility) named Jaqui Tremayne and a upper middle class business man named Georg Williamson.« less