The Batman also received a spin-off comic book series – "The Batman Strikes!" – published by DC Comics. The spin-off comic books were set in the same continuity and style as "The Batman". The man known as Batman, the costumed protector of Gotham City, is secretly billionaire playboy, Bruce Wayne (voiced by Rino Romano). Batman began three years prior to the start of the series, and the Gotham City police do not publicly acknowledge the vigilante's existence. Operating out of a secret lair underneath Bruce Wayne's mansion — known as the Bat cave — Batman and his butler, Alfred Pennyworth (voiced by
Heart of Ice (Batman: The Animated Series) Batman escapes from captivity and attacks the cannon, Mr. Freeze kicks open a fire hydrant and freezes the water with his freezing gun to get to the floor where Boyle is. Once there, he freezes Boyle to the waist before Batman intervenes; they clash until Batman douses Freeze's helmet with hot chicken soup (which Alfred had provided for his cold) to induce thermal shock, shattering it. With Freeze subdued, Batman hands the evidence of Boyle's crimes to Summer Gleeson, so the GothCorp CEO can at least be exposed as a fraud and a murderer if not sent to prison. Batman