Story: "Veritas Liberat Chapter One: King of the Mountain" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Scott Beatty (plot, script)
Roger Robinson (pencils)
John Floyd (inks)
Clem Robins (letters)
Heroic Age (colors)
Nachie Castro and Matt Idelson (edits)

Feature Characters: Batman
Robin III
Nightwing II

Guest Star:

Bane (also in flashbacks between #42 and #46)

Supporting Characters:

Leslie Thompkins (also in flashback)
Alfred Pennyworth

Villains: A henchman of Mister Freeze
Warp
Ventriloquist and Scarface
Pix (all in flashback)
Minions of Kobra
King Snake

Comment: Story continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Bane is in Kanchenjunga, where Batman and his allies have lost contact with him; he is in the Himalayan nation in order to track down Sir Edmund Dorrance, King Snake, whom he and Leslie Thompkins believe to be his father. Since he parted ways with Batman, Bane has captured a number of criminals and persuaded Pix to remain on the straight and narrow. Now he is at the site of a Lazarus pit and Kobra stronghold which Robin discovered some time ago, and it is here that he encounters his father.

Second Story: "Riddle Me This" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Judd Winick (plot, script)
While Portacio (pencils)
Sal Regla (inks)
John Constanza (letters)
Michael Wright (edits)

Feature Character:

Riddler

Synopsis:

Confined in Arkham, the Riddler creates ever more riddles ready for his next game with Batman.