#2

Synopsis

At a society party, Bruce Wayne encounters Mallory, a woman he met as a young girl in his own childhood at a summer camp--the girl with whom he shared his first kiss. Mallory introduces Bruce to her father--who turns out to be gangster Lew Moxon. Oracle reports to Bruce that Moxon has had extensive surgery to increase his reflexes and brainpower. When Deadshot sends sniper fore into the party, Bruce changes to Batman and swings to intercept. Deadshot targets Batman's swinging line, shoots and severs it...leaving Batman plummeting to the street below.

Notes

Reprinted from

• Batman #591
• Batman #592
• Batman #593
• Batman #594

Credits

Script

Ed Brubaker

Pencils

Scott McDaniel

Inks

Scott McDaniel, Karl Story

Colours

Roberta Tewes

Letters

John Costanza

Original associate editor

Michael Wright

Original editor

Bob Schreck