Story: "Batman: Battle for the Cowl - Last Man Standing" (30 Pages)

Credits:

Tony S. Daniel (plot, script, pencils)
Sandu Florea (inks)
Jared K. Fletcher (letters)
Ian Hannin and J.D. Smith (colors)
Janelle Siegel (assistant edits)
Mike Marts (edits)

Feature Characters:

Nightwing II (becomes Batman; in Batman #687, pages 1-24, and then Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1 and then Batman #687, pages 25-30 in between pages 28 and 29)
Damian Wayne (becomes Robin V; in Batman #687 and then Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1 in between pages 22 and 29)
Batman IV (Tim Drake)
Huntress II
Batgirl III (both next in Battle of the Cowl: The Network #1)
Batman (in a pre-recorded holographic message)

Guest Stars:

Black Canary II
Knight II
Squire III
Lady Blackhawk (latter three last in issue #1)
Wildcat II (last in issue #1; next in Battle of the Cowl: The Network #1)
Geo-Force
Creeper II
Halo
Katana
Metamorpho
Owlman III (all six last in Battle of the Cowl: Man-Bat #1)
Manhunter VI
Misfit
Ragman III (all three next in Battle of the Cowl: The Network #1)
Black Lightning

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth (in Batman #687 in between pages 7 and 29)
James Gordon (next in Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1)
Harvey Bullock (next in Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1)
Vicki Vale (last in Gotham Gazette #1; next in Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1)
Oracle (in Battle of the Cowl: The Network #1 in between pages; next in Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1)
Batman Jones

Villains:

Batman V (Jason Todd; in Battle of the Cowl: The Underground #1, between pages 8 and 12; next in Batman and Robin #3)
Lynx II (last in issue #1)
Black Mask (last in Battle of the Cowl: The Underground #1; next in Batman #689)
Penguin
Two-Face (both last in Battle of the Cowl: The Underground #1; both next in Batman #688)
Duffy (dies)

Comment: Story continued from the previous issue and continues in part in Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? #1.