Story: "Tabula Rasa, Prologue: The Debvil You Know..." (22 Pages)

Credits:

Scott Beatty (plot, script)
Mike Collins (pencils)
Bill Sienkiewicz (inks)
Bill Oakley (letters)
Gloria Vasquez (colors) Wildstorm FX (color seperations)
Lysa Hawkins (edits)

Feature Characters: Batman
Nightwing II
Robin III
Batgirl III
Oracle

Guest Star:

Bane (last in flashback in #35)

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth
Leslie Thompkins

Villains:

Corrosive Man
Signalman
Kite-Man
The Achilleans

Guest Appearance:

Jason Blood

Synopsis:

Bane arrives at Wayne Manor, but with no hostile intent - he needs Batman's help to destroy one of Ra's al Ghul's so-called Lazarus Pit. Calling on help from occultist Jason Blood, they discover the location of the pool where Achilles bathed, and render it useless. Bane then reveals to Batman that there is a possiblity they may be related, as Thomas Wayne once visited Santa Prisca as part of emergency medical relief, and apparently had a romance with a local woman...

Second Story: "The Monument" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Darwyn Cooke (plot, script)
Bill Wray (pencils, inks)
Rick Parker (letters)
Mark Chiarello (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Villain:

Hugo Strange
Tico (petty criminal)

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth
James Gordon

Other Characters:

Alexander Goodwin (millionaire philanthopist)
Dave (TV News anchor)
Summer Gleeson (television journalist of some renown; first mainstream DCU appearance?)

Synopsis:

A wealthy philanthropist erects a statue to Gotham's caped crusader in thanks for Batman saving his life. The statue provokes all sorts of reactions until Professor Hugo Strange decides to blow it up as a service to the city. Batman rescue Summer Gleeson, held hostage by Strange, but deliberately allows the statue to be blown up anyway; he really doesn't need a fanclub.