Story: "Damages" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Jen Van Meter (plot, script)
Coy Turnbull (pencils)
John Lowe (inks)
Sean Konot (letters)
Pamela Rambo (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color seperations)
Bob Schreck (edits)

Feature Character:

Oracle (also in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Batman
James Gordon (also in flashback)
Alfred Pennyworth

Villain:

Henry Gardner (first appearance)

Synopsis:

A number of muggings are reported in Gotham with a common theme - the victims all use a wheelchair or other aid to movement, and have all made claims for compensation against those who caused the accidents that made the aids necessary. Barbara Gordon spots this pattern, but feels unable to talk about it to Batman or her father, as they both blame themselves to a degree for her own disablement. With Alfred's help, she tracks down a number of people who match the muggers' description and who've had claims made against them. To flush him out, she pretends to have decided to sue her father, Dr Arkham and Bruce Wayne for the alleged negligence which could arguably have led to her shooting. That night, he inevitably attacks her at her appartment, unaware of her combat skills and of the watchful presence of the police.

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Second Story: "The Black and White Bandit" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Dave Gibbons (plot, script, pencils, inks, letters)
Mark Chiarello (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Supporting Character:

James Gordon

Villain:

Black and White Bandit (Roscoe Chiara; first appearance; also appears in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Winsor Munsell (first appearance; president of the Munsell Corporation and owner of the Winsor Munsell Museum of Fine Arts; also appears in flashback)
Domino (first appearance; the Black and White Bandit's dalmatian)
Mr. Brownlow (first appearance; an employee at the Gotham Chemical Bank)

Comment: This story is an Elseworlds tale and thus not part of regular continuity.

Synopsis:

A painter who has lost his sense of colour due to toxic paint fumes exacts his revenge in a series of black-and-white themed crimes. However, he is soon fooled by Batman and the police who set up the possibility of stealing the Milan Shroud. Despite disguising himself as a nun, he is apprehended and taken away in a panda car, a concept which reduces him to helpless laughter.