- Original release
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Platform release date
- Previous episode S01E03 - Heart of Ice
- Number S01E04
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Director
Dick Sebast
- Country United States
- Original language English
- Genres Action, Adventure, Animation, Crime, Family, Mystery, Science-Fiction, Thriller
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Feat of Clay (1)
Bruce Wayne is framed for the attempted murder of Lucius Fox. The real perpetrator is an actor and master of disguise named Matt Hagen, who was disfigured in a car accident years ago. In order to keep his fame, he secretly started working for Roland Daggett, who provides him with a monthly supply of an addictive face cream known as Renuyu (a pun on "Renew You") that can temporarily reshape his face back to normal, and who wants to take Wayne Enterprises over for marketing expansion. For botching the murder, Hagen's supply is cut off, and when he breaks into Daggett's lab for more Renuyu, he pays the price dearly when Daggett's men drench his face in the formula. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne is arrested and taken into custody.
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