Story: "Veritas Liberat Chapter Two: Family Reunion" (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
Oracle II
Robin III
Nightwing II
Batgirl III

Guest Stars:

Bane (also in flashback to birth)
Huntress II

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth
Leslie Thompkins

Villains: King Snake (also in flashback preceding first appearance)
Minions of Kobra

Guest Appearance:

Flash III (on monitor duty with the JLA)

Other Character:

Bane's mother (dies in flashback)

Comment: This story occurs after Nightwing and Oracle break up and after Oracle offers Huntress a position as one of her field agents

Comment: Story continued from previous issue and continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Batman and his allies - Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl - head to the Himalayas to discover what has occured at the meeting between Bane and his father, King Snake. As Bane tells King Snake of his upbringing, the two are interrupted by Kobra cultists, one of whom aims a missile at the incoming BaT-Jet.

Second Story: "The Mob is Dead, Long Live the Mob" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Eric Cherry (plot, script, pencils, inks)
Clem Robins (letters)
Michael Wright (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Villains:

Carmine "Smoots" Genna (dies)
Johnny "the Snitch" Palmintieri

Synopsis:

A former snitch tries to set himself up as a new mob boss behind Batman's back, but is killed by another snitch, who is captured by the police department.