Batman #549 1997

Batman #549, published by DC in December 1997, features "The Penguin Returns Part 2: The Egyptian Falcon." The Penguin, bored with his legitimate life, reverts to stealing bird-related artifacts, specifically a four-thousand-year-old Horus statue from the Gotham Museum. Batman investigates and confronts his old foe, ultimately recovering the stolen antiquity. This issue is notable as the conclusion of a storyline where Penguin briefly returns to his classic criminal persona. It also includes the first kiss between Bruce Wayne and Vesper Fairchild.