10. Fictional Obituary: Vern, Absolute Batman

10. Fictional Obituary: Vern, Absolute Batman Spoilers for Absolute Batman #19. Vern, a farm worker who was harvesting with his longtime friend Buck, has died following a violent encounter in the fields. The day's work was interrupted by a stranger later identified as the Scarecrow. Vern was killed during the events that followed. He is remembered here as one of the people whose ordinary working day ended in violence far from Gotham. His death belongs to his own life and community, even though the man who brought that violence continued toward another city.