It appeared that Batman had sacrificed himself in the explosion.Batman""s heroic death was mourned and commemorated at a short private ceremony at Bruce Wayne""s gravesite near the Manor, led by Commissioner Gordon, calling him he true hero of Gotham.When he thrust his head through an opening in a backdrop, the first full view of Quasimodo""s face, the beggars exalted him as the undisputed winner of the title "King of Fools" ("Well, Quasimodo, we knew you were ugly, but didn""t know you were so ugly")." AfterDaily PlanetEditor in Chief Perry White (Laurence Fishburne) heard of the incident nearby, he declared the paper""s next headline to his assistant Jenny Jurwich (Rebecca Buller): "End of Love Affair With Man In the Sky?" Reporter Clark Kent looked up at White with a disturbed look...Get going, will ya? Take him, take him good.Get it over with, why don""t you?" He grabbed Rocky""s robe: "Now get out there and do it." Upset, distracted and distraught, Rocky reluctantly proceeded to the ring (without Mickey, who remained in the locker room), angry to fight Lang.From the hospital hut, Shears tells the doctor, Major Clipton that he fears the worst about Saito""s threat: "He""s going to do it.