Story: "20 Days Less One" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Scott Beatty (plot, script)
David Ross (pencils)
John Floyd (inks)
Bob Pinaha (letters)
Noelle Giddings (colors) Wildstorm FX (color seperations)
Nachie Castro and Matt Idelson (edits)

Feature Characters: Batman
Nightwing II
Oracle
Robin III
Batgirl III

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth
Leslie Thompkins
Black Canary II
Michael Akins
James Gordon

Villain:

Riddler

Guest Appearances:

Superman
Wonder Woman
Martian Manhunter
Plastic Man
Atom II
Sentinel
Bane
Aaron Langstrom (in between flashback and main story in issue #45)

Other Character:

Felix Desidero (last in #38)

Comment: The story takes place over 20 days, each of which has one or (in the cases of days 1 and 17) two pages to itself, with chapter titles for each: The Waiting is the Hardest Part, Quarantine, Cabin Fever, The Old Guard(ian), Digital Despair, To The Vector Go the Spoils..., Holed Up, Atomic Bonds, Blank Inside, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cheap Theatrics, Tension Breaker, Fidus Felix, Thinking Of You, Like A Thief in the Night, Alfred Dreams of Angels and Devils, Sometimes the Medicine Itself Makes the Pain, Elsewhere..., The Bitter Pill, Gesundheit.

Synopsis:

The Gotham Knights deal with Alfred's illness in many different ways, each not entirely sure how to react to the situation or to each other. It transpires that he has caught a mutation of the Clench virus, carried in the guano of the bats in the cave; Batman and his crew go about finding an antidote both for Alfred (and themselves) and for the bats, to ensure there can be no repeat infection. After a little longer than a fortnight, Alfred recovers from his illness, much to everyone's pleasure.

Second Story: "Gargoyles of Gotham" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Dean Motter (plot, script, pencils, inks)
Willie Schubert (letters)
Morgan Dontanville and Michael Wright (edits)

Feature Character:

Bruce Wayne (also in flashback as Batman, and to his childhood [before his parents died])

Supporting Character:

James Gordon (in flashback as commissioner)

Other Characters:

J.D.
Philip (Gothamites)
Georgina Gerstner (a photographer)
Robert (a government agent, in flashback)
Leonard Oldman (a sculptor)

Synopsis:

An exhibition of artwork based on Gotham's gargoyles causes Bruce Wayne to recall various escapades involving these omnipresent features of the city's landscape.