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Post by BATMAN1 on Jul 18, 2006 14:39:31 GMT -5
Spoiler, after being fired as Robin, watched Pasquale Galante Junior - the top mob boss in Gotham City. Orpheus and Onyx approached him. Other rival gang lords arrived including Penguin with Deadshot and Lew Moxon with Hellhound. When Scarface entered the picture, so did Catwoman. She approached Spoiler. The meeting became a shootout. Catwoman split and Spoiler was close behind her. An event Bruce Wayne was attending was crashed by Kobra terrorists. He quickly changed clothes. By the way they headed straight for their loot, Batman knew it was an inside job. Alfred contacted Nightwing after not hearing from him in a while. After the firefight, Orpheus called Batman. He and Batgirl arrived quickly. Of the 21 gang lords who attended, only 8 walked away. Batman clued in Oracle. Batgirl went in to the Chinatown mob, where a coup was attempted within their ranks to gain power. Batman went after Escabedo's family on the North End - it was attacked by the Odessa Mob. Orpheus went to Penguin, who denied calling the hits. Chaos touched all the gangs. Batman got to Orpheus and gave him orders of which gangs he needed to take over. Matches Malone set some things up to help Orpheus with the task. A ship was destroyed at sea before the help could get to it - its crew took over the would-be rescuing ship. Penguin's men took the bounty. Orpheus met with complications on his first take-over attempt. Onyx was shot. Nightwing returned to Gotham City and met up with Batman. He was sent to the Thompson Clinic to help Leslie. Tarantula showed up in Gotham City, too. She stopped a brawl between a gang and the police and later boasted that she'd killed Blockbuster. Nightwing spoke with Onyx who was also being treated at the clinic. Tim assured his father that he had no plans of going out to help. Nightwing reported to Batman that Tarantula had the Latino Unified gang under control. Batman told Oracle she would be working with the team for the duration of the uprising. Hush surveyed the mob situation overlooking Gotham City. Penguin attempted to auction off some arms and people to rivals, but his asking price was too high for them. Batman sent Batgirl to order Tarantula to merge with Orpheus' gang. She refused. The Russian mob proposed a merger with another, only to double-cross them and join Scarface. Hush turned down an offer from Penguin. While walking to school, Tim witnessed a mob team try to kidnap his classmate, Darla Aquista - the daughter of one of the few remaining mob bosses. He was able to take down some of the gunmen and save Darla, though the gun battle took care of a few of the combatants. Scarface's gang joined in the hunt. One of Tim's friends caught a bullet in the leg. Tim captured Scarface after wrecking their car. Other gangs began hitting family members of those in charge of their rivals. Darla was shot; Tim gave her CPR. Batgirl stopped two assassins from hitting a four-year-old boy. Oracle continued to point her toward her next assignments. Oracle got word to Batman about the shootout at Tim's school. Batgirl encountered Spoiler and told her to go home. Batgirl took leave and headed to help Batman at the school. The media was already on site. Gunshots were heard. Catwoman stopped a shootout from getting too close to a group of children. She got the victim to the Thompson Clinic. Holly called - Mr. Freeze attacked a group attending what they thought was a peace conference. Catwoman took him down, though when she arrived he'd already killed everyone involved. She spied Spoiler and talked to her. Stephanie believed she was the cause of the war. Catwoman took her to her home so they could talk. She admitted that she'd stolen plans from Batman's computer and had invited all the mob bosses together that first night. One major player didn't show up - Matches Malone - which set the whole thing in motion. Stephanie had no idea Malone was one of Batman's aliases. Batman, Batgirl, and Nightwing readied to enter the school. Once in, Nightwing got to Tim and was briefed on the current situation. Batman got to a set of hostages, took down their captors, and released them. Batman walked Darla Aquista out to the paramedics. He, Batgirl, and Nightwing were all captured on film by the media - some of which believing they were behind the incident.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Jul 18, 2006 14:42:27 GMT -5
News sources reported Darla Aquino dead of the gunshot wound she received at the school attack. Her father ordered the entire Odessa mob killed. Oracle and Batman spoke on the current situations as Tim contemplated helping out. Batman met with Commissioner Akins requesting command of his men for the next eight hours. Akins denied him. Onyx left Dr. Thompkins' clinic; Tim met Alfred and suited up. Catwoman told Spoiler that Batman was Matches Malone. Spoiler tried to run, but Catwoman stopped her and put her under the watch of Holly and Karon. Jim Gordon stopped in and spoke with his successor to offer help. Matches Malone began snooping around asking questions. Word on the street was Diego Escabedo was calling the shots. Robin (Tim) joined Batman on patrol. Catwoman clued Leslie Thompkins in on the Spoiler situation. Batman talked to Gordon and voiced his concerns over Akins' abilities. Diego Escabedo had been captured and was being tortured. Batman picked up Nightwing and they discussed the overall situation. Batman saw it as very methodical and familiar. They met with Tarantula to get an update on her gang. Batman ordered Oracle to get her in on the information loop. Robin noticed something was going on in Nightwing's head. Spoiler escaped the care of Holly and Karon. Escabedo continued to be tortured. His torturer took over Scarface's gang. Penguin had Gotham City's power shut down. Batman ordered Tarantula to take down Penguin with no killing. She got into the Iceberg Lounge. Spoiler was being pursued. Batman realized the whole thing was going according to his plan. Alfred confirmed that Stephanie was the last person to access the file (his contingency plan on this gang war). He got word out to everyone that Orpheus had to stay alive - he was the center of the plan. Tarantula got to Penguin. Spoiler got to Orpheus, who was in the process of being captured. Black Mask, thought to be dead, attacked Spoiler and defeated and began to torture her. She finally broke and told him Orpheus was the central piece of Batman's plan; Black Mask had already killed Orpheus. Tim told his dad he was back in costume. He asked that he and Dana volunteer at Dr. Thompkins' clinic. Batgirl took down one of the Moxon family's snipers. The Ghost Dragons tried to take over the Thompkins Clinic but were stopped by Batgirl. Lynx may have been killed accidentally by one of her own. Hush got to Black Mask. He offered to tell the crazed man where Batman's cave was. Oracle clued Catwoman in on the Ravens, who were in her neighborhood. Batman took control of the police airwaves. He ordered all officers to push their prey toward Robinson Park. Catwoman cornered the Ravens, but one shot a tanker truck causing a huge explosion. Batman called Orpheus and told him to meet him at the Hill; Black Mask intercepted the message. Black Mask "became" Orpheus and left to meet Batman. Acquista ordered Zeiss to kill all the remaining bosses, starting with Orpheus. Zeiss got to him; Batman made his appearance shortly thereafter. He took Zeiss down and went to find the explosives he claimed to have set. "Orpheus" let Zeiss go. Batman gave him his orders and contacted Oracle then the police.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Jul 18, 2006 14:44:58 GMT -5
Batman and his team watched as the 'players' all met in an amphitheater. Orpheus arrived at the podium and began to speak. Onyx found the real Orpheus dead in his bedroom. She commed Batman. Batman went in after the fake. While being attacked by gangmembers, Batman noticed Dr. Death working behind the scenes. When things got completely out of hand, Commissioner Akins ordered his force to kill anyone in a mask. Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl arrived inside the amphitheater. Onyx, on a mission to avenge Orpheus, followed soon. The police, in the midst of stopping the roits outside, blamed Batman and his team for the whole war. He got to Orpheus and unmaked him to find Black Mask. Scarecrow attacked him from behind, then the two split. With the riot inside the amphitheater ended, Batman clued the Batsquad in on the "war game." Batman handed out the orders. Batgirl told him she thought Spoiler initiated the situation. He already knew. Nightwing, still battling his inner demons, spotted FireFly. They fought, and he recognized Nightwing as 'the one who killed Blockbuster.' As their fight spilled into the streets, the cops found them. Nightwing took a bullet in the thigh before he could get away. He called to inform Batman. Catwoman learned that Holly and Karon had been given the slip by Spoiler. Robin took down two of the Ravens and contacted Oracle. She gave him his next targets and he soon marked Trickster off his list. Mr. Fun was his next take down. Spoiler found Black Mask and attacked him. Raging, she got the best of him and took his gun. She was unable to use it on him; he got the gun back and shot her in the back. Tim visited his father. Tarantula's gang fled from the cops. She fired shots back at them. Akins, wanting some sort of victory, ordered his squad to take them down with lethal force if necessary. As Black Mask and Scarecrow began to move, Oracle got Batman Spoiler's location. He found her in bad shape and took her to Leslie Thompkins. Oracle got word to him that Tarantula's gang was being attacked by S.W.A.T. teams. Oracle sent Batgirl to help Onyx. The various gangs got word to meet near Gotham Central. Black Mask attacked a TV reporter on camera and spoke to the audience. He used propaganda techniques against Batman and the police. Catwoman, looking for Spoiler, encountered Zeiss. Batman spoke with Akins via radio. They were not on the same page. Black Mask continued to speak to his TV audience - he planned to storm the Clocktower - Batman's lair. Batman went in to save Tarantula and her gang. Catwoman got the best of Zeiss by taking his goggles out of the fight. Black Mask reached Barbara's control room. Batman, with Tarantula in tow, saw part of Black Mask's broadcast. Batman called the team to the Clock Tower. Black Mask killed the camera man. Batman entered and faced off with Black Mask. Scarecrow, after being double-crossed by Black Mask, became the Scarebeast. Tarantula, Catwoman, Batgirl, and Onyx took on the Scarebeast while Robin created a diversion. Alfred tended Nightwing's injuries. Oracle set the tower to self destruct so that she and Batman could escape. Leslie called Batman and he got there in time to speak to Stephanie before she died. Black Mask greeted his new underlings - all the gangs in Gotham.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Jul 18, 2006 14:46:39 GMT -5
Chapter One: Coffin Elongated Man (Ralph Dibney) and Firehawk were on a stakeout. Below their perch, they watched a possible arms trade. While waiting, he told her how he and his wife, Sue, met. Bolt, with the help of the Calculator (who fancied himself as the "Oracle" of the bad guys) moved in to complete the deal. He teleported to the location. The sellers began shooting at him. Firehawk went down to intervene, but Ralph got a call from his wife. He demanded Firehawk fly him home. As Bolt lay on the ground with gunshot wounds, so did Sue Dibney. Her killer knew who he was killing. Ralph found her body (with burns over 42%) and her birthday present to him: a positive pregnancy test. Clark Kent visited his parents when he received a call on his JLA signal device. Nightwing was visiting his parents' grave site when he got the call. The two Green Arrows were sparring with Ted Kord when they heard. Tim Drake - Robin again - heard it from TV, while watching with his father. Oliver got word to Ray Palmer. Batman found nothing at the scene: no forced entry, no alarms tripped. The rest of the guys (Mister Miracle, Atom, the Ray, Animal Man, etc.) began their investigation. After the funeral, the different teams (Outsiders, Titans, JLI, etc.) split up to check leads. Ralph believed Dr. Light was the killer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter two: House of Lies Elongated Man's group - Zatanna, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow, and Black Canary - prepared. Wally (the Flash) and Kyle (Green Lantern) were caught spying on them. They told the youngsters why Dr. Light was their target: he'd raped Sue years back on the Justice League satellite. They caught him, but he threatened her and everyone else's loved ones. Zatanna put a spell on him to affect his memory and brain functionality. Dr. Light, free again, purchased the protection of Slade Wilson - Deathstroke the Terminator. Dr. Mid-Night called Oracle. His autopsy showed Sue was dead before she was burned. Dr. Light could not have been the killer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter three: Serial Killer Deathstroke took down the Flash as he attacked with a sword to the torso. Zatanna was next. Then Hawkman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and the Atom were neutralized. As he was taking on GL, the rest of the team regrouped. Dr. Light regained his memories. Wally forced Oliver's hand and he told the kid about some of the other people who they'd had to mind-wipe. The Calculator, Captain Boomerang, and Merlyn talked. Robin came home; his father noticed his black eye. The Atom's ex-wife, Jean Loring was hanged in her home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter four: Who Benefits The Atom got to Jean in time to save her. The League ran their tests, and for the second time in four days, their security systems had been defeated. Superman saw a uniqueness about the noose and called Oracle. She pinned it down to Slipknot (real name Christopher Weiss). Slipknot, who lost an arm to the Suicide Squad, was in prison. Arrow and Wonder Woman questioned him, but he knew nothing. Dr. Light and Slipknot, the two apparent attackers, had only the Suicide Squad in common. The "bad guys" continued to watch the goings-on. Captain Boomerang met the son he never knew he had. Batman went over his notes with Alfred. He was trying to determine who could be benefiting from the attacks. Tim (Robin) called in sick to spend some time with his father. Green Arrow went to Hal Jordan's grave so he could contact the Spectre. He insisted his old friend punish the guilty. He couldn't even tell Oliver who the killer was. He joked with Hal, asking him when he was "coming back." Lois Lane received a letter telling her she was next. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter five: Father's Day The League attacked the "bad guys." Hawkman took down Monocle, Flash got Merlyn, and Deadshot was hit in the neck with his own bullet when he fired on Green Lantern. None of the teams were making any progress with the suspects they captured. Firestorm was killed in combat. He exploded after being stabbed through with a sword. Captain Boomerang worked with his newly found son. When one of the throws went awry, he learned his kid had speed. Robin talked to his father before going out on patrol. Soon afterwards, Jack Drake called Oracle. Someone sent him a package containing a gun. She got word to Batman and Robin; they headed that way. Captain Boomerang killed Drake, but Drake got a shot off that killed Boomerang. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter six: Husbands and Wives Robin got to his father too late, his father was dead at age 43. Captain Boomerang's son was turned away from the scene. The League kicked themselves for letting Boomerang defeat them. Boomerang's son took over his father's name. Flash tried to get some info from Green Arrow about Batman and Dr. Light's mind wipe. Oliver told him they'd also taken Bruce's memories from the incident. When he found out what they were doing, Batman went berserk. They voted unanimously to have Zatanna take that night from him. Batman found what appeared to be Calculator's headquarters, but he'd already split with all his equipment. The autopsy came back on Dibney, she'd died from a blocked bloodstream in her brain. Even before he heard that, Batman's evidence began to point to the Atom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter seven: The Hero's Life Ray Palmer, who'd become closer to his ex-wife, caught her in a lie - she asked him about the note and weapon that was sent to Jack Drake. Ray knew it was never mentioned and got her to confess - she found one of his old costumes and somehow temporarily gained his powers. He said she only wanted to hurt Sue in hopes of getting him to run to her own aid. He had her committed to Arkham Asylum. Wally, who was still having problems with Batman being mind wiped, invited Oliver to dinner with him and Clark. Everyone seemed to try a little harder to get along and to make time for each other.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Dec 14, 2006 15:01:21 GMT -5
Someone calling himself "Gotham's Protector" killed the KGBeast by pushing him off a building. The Russian assassin was in town to knock off a mob informant. When the police found him, he also had two bullet holes in his forehead. Detective Bullock, back on the force, got the case. Harvey Dent received a visitor who told him his year-long gig as vigilante was up. Newly reappointed Commissioner Gordon received a call from the mayor - Poison Ivy was back from the dead and holding several high-society residents hostage. Gordon took Officer Harper to the roof and turned on the signal; people on the streets cheered. Batman and Robin answered it for the first time in a year. They watched as plants overtook the entire penthouse of a nearby building.
The entire city watched as Batman's plane smashed into the building where Ivy held several CEOs captive. He and Robin entered the building and split up. Both faced off against several unnatural / attack plants before Batman finally got to Poison Ivy. She captured him with vines, etc. while preaching her ecoterrorist motives. As Robin got to the sprinkler system, Batman released a defoliant from his belt and was freed. She surrendered when Batman told her they'd release it throughout the building if she didn't stand down. Batman and Robin gave Gordon the lowdown; he got a call - Magpie was dead
Less than 24 hours after KGBeast was found dead, Magpie was found in similar fashion: two bullet holes in her head. Every bird in her aviary had a broken neck. Back at the cave, Bruce and Alfred talked about the murders, Harvey Dent, and Tim. Dent, who'd been watching Batman and Robin in action, realized they were more in synch than they'd been in years. As in synch as Batman had been with the first Robin and much more than the second. He began to believe that the first Robin had been in on this one's training. He wondered what his place would be now that Gotham City had its protectors back. He saw Two-Face in his reflection. After taking down Mad Hatter, Batman told Robin he had other business to take care of. They were to meet at police headquarters in an hour. Someone broke in on Scarface and the Ventriloquist. Wesker was shot, Scarface was stomped. The Crime File of Jason Bard Jason Bard laid awake in bed while his client, Mrs. Buckmaster, slept. She'd hired him to find her husband's killer. He got up when he thought he'd heard a noise. Batman was in his apartment. Batman was intrigued that the man was not afraid of him. He offered Bard a job. He needed someone he could trust, someone who operated in the daylight. After seeing his offer, Bard accepted. He asked Batman if he'd drop Mrs. Buckmaster off at police headquarters - she was her husband's murderer.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Dec 14, 2006 15:05:16 GMT -5
Batman, Robin, and Bullock investigated the Ventriloquist murder scene. They found a clue - Wesker had used Scarface to write a street name down before he died. Robin found some security footage from an address on Norvick Way - KGBeast, Magpie, Orca, and the Ventriloquist were meeting with Harvey Dent. They got in the car and headed out to meet Gordon. After going over the details, Batman spoke with Bullock. Though he was the man who'd uncovered the GCPD corruption (all the way up to Akins), Batman still didn't trust him. Bullock fingered Penguin, who had left the country a few months back. He'd hired all of the recently dead as muscle. The murder weapon was found. Robin got a print from it - Harvey Dent. Batman wasn't sure Dent was guilty, but began doubting his decision to leave the man "in charge" when he left town. Gordon clued them in on Killer Moth; Robin went after him solo. Batman met with Dent. Dent got defensive and refused to say whether or not he was the killer, even though Batman claimed to still be on his side. As Robin took down Killer Moth, Dent detonated his apartment.
Harvey Dent began conversing with Two-Face through a mirror. The Crime File of Jason Bard Jason Bard discovered Orca had gotten married. He visited her husband. He gave up that she'd met her new "friends" through the Penguin. They were going to switch sides and work for another power inside Gotham. Dent had stopped them from robbing one of Penguin's warehouses. He wanted to use them as spies against Cobblepot. Before he could say anything more, he was dead. Bard saw a laser sight on his forehead before it exploded. Gunfire continued to ring out; Jason was hit. The gunman introduced himself as the Tally Man, and fired once more.
Dent admitted to Two-Face that things had changed since Batman returned. He thought back on when Batman told him he, Robin, and Nightwing were leaving the city; he asked Harvey to watch over it while they were gone. They trained together for a month; together they took down Mr. Freeze and Firebug just before Batman left. Harvey realized he was no longer needed by Batman, then how good it felt to be against him. He pulled out a coin and flipped it. Two-Face returned after Dent took acid and a knife to himself.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Dec 14, 2006 15:07:08 GMT -5
Batman talked with Gordon while he and Robin took on Scarecrow and his new batch of fear gas. Tim saw the E2 Robin and Superboy Prime; Bruce saw his father in his own Batman costume. The gun had been dismantled, then put back together with another handle and trigger. After the murders, the handle and trigger with Dent's original prints was replaced. Batman and Robin defeated Scarecrow and stopped in to visit Gordon. While they were there, Jack Ryder broke the story: Two-Face had returned. The Crime File of Jason Bard Jason had been able to make the Tally Man misfire by tripping him with his cane. He then got up and knocked him out with a kick to the face. He then called Batman with the news.
Two-Face took over the Gotham Zoo. Four cops were killed, a fifth crippled. Everyone but a cleaner and a vet were ordered to leave. He kept one male and one female of each animal and set the rest free. Batman and Robin went in. While battling it out, Two-Face blamed Batman for his re-scarring. He escaped; Robin defused all the bombs. Batman headed out to confront the man who'd framed Dent: Warren White, the Great White Shark. From Arkham, he'd taken over organized crime in Gotham City. He'd also been behind the "revolving door" at Arkham of late. Batman promised the man his troubles were just beginning. He would be watching, and when he caught Two-Face, he'd hand White over to him. Back at the cave, Bruce and Alfred took Tim upstairs to what used to be Dick's room. Bruce again asked Tim if he could adopt him. They embraced as Tim began to cry.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Dec 14, 2006 15:11:40 GMT -5
In the aftermath of the Infinite Crisis, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman have temporarily retired their costumed identities, and the remaining heroes attend a memorial for Superboy in Metropolis. Time traveler Booster Gold attends the memorial, but when Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman do not arrive as he expects, the change in history makes his robot sidekick Skeets malfunction. Skeets reports other incorrect historical data. Booster and Skeets search time traveler Rip Hunter's desert bunker for answers, but find it littered with scrawled notes (See "Rip Hunter's lab" below). Booster finds photos of himself and Skeets surrounded by the words "his fault" with arrows pointing at both of them. While Booster disperses a mob, an actor he hired for a staged battle reveals the truth to the press, ruining his reputation. Booster is angered when a mysterious superhero named Supernova appears in Metropolis. Booster tries to regain the spotlight by containing an explosion, but he is killed in the attempt. Skeets finds Booster's ancestor and uses him to regain access to Hunter's lab. When Skeets sees the arrows Rip Hunter drew on photos of him, he traps Carter in a time loop and leaves. After first trying to 'draw out' his opponent by launching an attack on Metropolis (in which many civilians and superheroes are killed), Skeets locates and tortures Waverider in a clock shop in order to gain Rip Hunter's location. He implies that Waverider's body will be melted down and used to construct him in the future.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Dec 14, 2006 15:12:38 GMT -5
Ralph Dibny, the retired Elongated Man, learns that his late wife Sue's tombstone has been vandalized. He confronts Cassandra Sandsmark, accusing her of leaving a message on the tombstone: an inverted version of Superman's S-symbol, a Kryptonian symbol for resurrection. Sandsmark tells Dibny that the Kryptonian-inspired resurrection cult she belongs to believes Superboy can be resurrected, but that they would like to try it first with his dead wife. Despite his initial agreement, Dibny and his friends disrupt the ceremony. A straw doll dressed in Sue's clothing crawls to Dibny and calls out to him while it burns. After briefly suffering a breakdown over this event, Dibny later receives a visit from Detective Chimp, who brings with him the newly recovered helm of Doctor Fate. The sorceror Nabu speaks through the helm to Dibny, promising to fulfill his desires if Dibny makes the sacrifices Nabu asks for. Dibny journeys with the helm through the afterlives of several cultures, where he is cautioned about the use of magic. After this journey, the Spectre promises to resurrect Sue in exchange for Dibny's taking vengeance on Jean Loring, the woman who had murdered her, but Dibny is unable to do so. He leaves with the helm for Nanda Parbat. Cassie Sandsmark meets Ralph at Superboy's memorial and reveals that Devem was a known conman.
Sandsmark, again working as Wonder Girl, meets Supernova, who she thinks is the dead Superboy Kon-El, but he becomes uncomfortable with her advances and leaves abruptly. Supernova later examines the Batcave, particularly a gauntlet from Lex Luthor's battlesuit, which has several varieties of kryptonite embedded in it. Ralph then meets Supernova on the roof of the Daily Planet and reveals that he has deduced Supernova's identity.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Dec 14, 2006 15:13:18 GMT -5
Black Adam, the metahuman leader of Kahndaq, forges a coalition with several other countries against the United States' metahuman supremacy under the Freedom of Power Treaty. Adrianna Tomaz, a former slave, shows Adam how he can use his abilities to help his country instead. Adam convinces Captain Marvel to give Tomaz the power of Isis, and Adam and Isis free enslaved children across Africa.
The Question and Renee Montoya uncover futuristic weapons in Gotham City. The Question and Montoya invetigate Intergang, who the Question believes is preparing to invade Gotham. The two fly to Kahndaq to investigate further but are arrested by Kahndaqi police when they are found near a number of dead bodies. After Montoya and the Question escape, they prevent a girl from exploding a bomb at Black Adam and Isis' wedding, and Adam bestows them with Kahndaq's the highest honor for foreigners. Isis, Black Adam, Montoya and the Question find Intergang, which is forcing children to become Intergang operatives. Seeing that Isis' brother Amon Tomaz is crippled, Black Adam shares his power, and Amon is reborn as Osiris.
The Black Marvel Family inform the Freedom of Power Treaty member nations that Kahndaq is no longer interested in consolidating power or in executing metahumans. They later dine with Dr. Sivana's wife and children, who request help in finding the missing scientist. Checkmate is re-certified as a United Nations agency. Amanda Waller orders Atom Smasher to form a team of fellow metahuman convicts to fight Black Adam.
The Question takes Renee to Nanda Parbat to train with Richard Dragon. Montoya discovers that the Question is dying from cancer and wants her to replace him. They return to Gotham and join Batwoman's fight against Intergang after discovering a prophecy in Intergang's Crime Bible about her death. The Question's medical condition worsens, and he and Renee stay with Kate.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Dec 14, 2006 15:13:55 GMT -5
Will Magnus, creator of the Metal Men robots, is abducted to a tropical island where Intergang is forcing kidnapped mad scientists to develop new super-weapons for them. Magnus's anti-depressants are confiscated, and he is ordered to build a Plutonium Man robot.
During John Henry Irons' autopsy of what appears to be Lex Luthor's dead body, Luthor storms in with reporters and declares the body to be that of an impostor whom he blames for his crimes. Luthor pats Irons on the back, and Irons later discovers that his skin is becoming stainless steel. Irons deactivates his niece Natasha's armor after an argument about responsibility, but when she finds out about his new powers, Natasha accuses him of hypocrisy. She goes to LexCorp to be part of the Everyman Project and receive metagene therapy. Irons learns of a trigger in the Everyman Project gene therapy that allows Luthor to rescind the powers. He tries to convince Natasha to come home, but she refuses and begins a career with Luthor's metahuman team; the new Infinity, Inc.. During a battle, Luthor negates Trajectory's powers, leaving her powerless and disoriented, and she is killed. When Irons' metallic skin peels off, he realizes that the Everyman powers have a limited timespan.
Six injured heroes return to Earth after the fight at the center of the universe during the Infinite Crisis. During a medical crisis, a message plays from a part of the Red Tornado embedded in Mal Duncan: "It's coming! 52! 52!". A badly damaged Red Tornado utters the number 52 twice to Aborigines in the Australian outback. A mechanic rebuilds him with scavenged materials and sets him against Intergang enforcers evicting the Aborigines from their shanty town. The poorly rebuilt "Tornado Man" is defeated and left as junk.
Animal Man, Starfire, and Adam Strange are marooned on an alien planet. Strange, blind from the loss of his eyes, repairs their damaged spaceship. The New God Devilance the Pursuer captures the three, whom he was sent after for having seen something that humans are thought unfit to see. The heroes use Devilance's lance to power their ship, and they escape the planet. Lobo, who claims he has found religion and has turned his back on violence, saves the travelers by tearing Devilance apart. He takes the three to his church for refugees and reveals the Emerald Eye of Ekron, which Starfire uses to fend off a swarm of creatures attacking the planet. The planet Vartu [3] is invaded by Lady Styx's army of animated corpses and defended by Captain Comet and two Green Lanterns. Captain Comet is captured and killed along with the two Lanterns. Lobo, Animal Man, Starfire, Adam Strange and Ekron watch Vartu's destruction from afar, plotting their next move.
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Post by BATMAN1 on Dec 15, 2006 9:54:49 GMT -5
This entry should be between Face the Face and 52. If I figure out how to fix it I will.After a harrowing battle with the Joker high atop Police Headquarters, Batman decides to let Bruce Wayne step into the light. While visiting the treasures of London's Pop Art museum Batman faces down a whole army of ninja Man-Bats in a no-holds barred, bone-crunching superbrawl until the winged horrors knock Batman unconsious. When Batman awakes he finds Talia al Ghul and she explains to him that the events that took place in Batman: Son of the Demon have resulted in Damian, the son of Batman. Batman and Damian return to Gotham City where Bruce introduces his son to the bat cave, his butler Alfred Pennyworth, and his adopted son Robin. However, Damian's spoiled attitude gets him locked up in one of Wayne Manor's many rooms. Back in the cave, Tim asks Bruce if Damian's arrival will affect Bruce's adoption (from Face the Face) but Bruce assures him it will not. Then, Tim tells Bruce that the Spook is terrorizing Blackgate Prison. While at Blackgate, two of the Shocker's cronies (one of the men is an undercover cop in disguise) discuss if the Spook was their first "novelty crime act." The discussion gets heated when the other man realizes that the other man is an undercover cop and is about to shoot him when Batman come to his rescue. Batman then finds the Spook missing his head. Meanwhile, Robin is searching for Alfred when he comes across Damian back in the cave and with his sword which Batman had taken from him. Suspicious, Tim tries to be friendly to no avail when Damian removes the Spook's head from a bag with a grenade stuck in his mouth. Shocked, Tim yells how they don't kill. Batman's son tosses the head in the air and it explodes when it hits the ground. The two are on top of the giant model T-Rex when Damian sucker punches Robin off. The Bat-Signal is lit and Batman finds Damian with Jason Todd's old Robin uniform on. Batman asks how he got out of the Bat-Cave without being seen and then asks what he's done with his partner Tim. Pan back into the Bat-Cave to reveal Tim lying in what was left of the broken case that held Todd's old uniform.
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