Batman: Digital Justice is a graphic novel published by DC Comics in 1990 in both hardback and paperback forms.[1] It was written and illustrated by Pepe Moreno entirely using computer graphics, software and techniques. The story takes place outside regular DC continuity, but is not an Elseworlds title.
Plot summary
The book is set in a future Gotham City "at the end of the next century" (the 21st) dominated by high technology, particularly computer networks and their human controllers, long after the original Batman has died. The story revolves around James Gordon, Gotham City Police Department detective and grandson of Commissioner James Gordon, who takes on the identity of the Batman to free the city from a sentient computer virus crafted by the Joker, also now long dead; and to avenge the death of his partner Lena Schwartz. He is aided by a self-aware computer called the Batcomp, programmed by the late Bruce Wayne, and a robot called Alfred (after Wayne's also deceased butler Alfred Pennyworth), both residing in the Batcave under a now long-abandoned Wayne Manor. Joining Gordon in his new crusade against crime and the city's corrupt government are a teenage street-punk informant named Robert Chang, who becomes the new