DETECTIVE COMICS #795

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: Knee Deep STORY ARC: War Drums RELEASE DATE: June, 2004 COVER DATE: August, 2004 WRITER: Andersen Gabrych ARTIST: Pete Woods INKER: Nathan Massengill COLORS: Jason Wright LETTERS: Clem Robins EDITORS: Bob Schreck; Michael Wright COVER: Tim Sale; Mark Chiarello PRICE: $2.95 U.S. CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Onyx; Tarantula (Catalina Flores); Orpheus (Gavin King); Commissioner Atkins COVER ART: PLOT: After coming face to face with the Mugre itself, Batman begins to believe the old urban legend as well. He throws himself and Catalina into the beast to keep others from being exposed to it. He and Catalina come out of the sewers and he orders Tarantula to lay low as not to expose anyone else to it. After doing some research, Batman discovers that the cure is somehow related to the roaches. He concocts a cure and doses Tarantula and then immediately orders her to leave town. After the antidote is handed over to Atkins, Orpheus finds the City Sanitation Inspector dead with a bullet through his skull.

Continued From Detective Comics #794 Continued In Detective Comics #796

TITLE: Polished Stone STORY ARC: None WRITER: Andersen Gabrych ARTIST: Brad Walker INKER: Troy Nixey COLORS: Giulia Brusco LETTERS: Clem Robins EDITORS: Nachie Castro; Matt Idelson CHARACTERS: Green Arrow (Oliver Queen); Onyx; Batman (Bruce Wayne); Orpheus (Gavin King) PLOT: Green Arrow arrived at a monastery in the mountains and met with a woman he knew named Onyx. He needed a favor for a "friend." Orpheus's gang got shot at in an arms deal. Back in Gotham City during the shootout, Batman introduced Orpheus to his new bodyguard - Onyx. After she helped them take down the dealers, they dumped the guns in the bay.

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