Story: "[No Title]" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Alex Simmons (plot, script)
Dwayne Turner (pencils)
Danny Miki (inks)
Ken Bruzenak (letters)
Shannon Blanchard (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color seperations)
Michael Wright (edits)

Feature Characters:

Batman
Orpheus II (Gavin King; first appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Oracle
Michael Akins
Harvey Bullock
Robin III
Renée Montoya
Crispus Allen

Villains:

Sly Tolliver (leader of the Deacons gang; numerous other gang members, unnamed, also appear)
Rasputin (Russian drug dealer; behind the scenes)
Karl Esterhaus (Chief of Detectives in Gotham's Mob Task Force)

Other Characters:

Officer Raymond Albertie
Officer Carmen Ramirez
Patrolman William Littlefield (members of the G.C.P.D.; all shot)
Todd Simmons
Nelson Soo (reporters)
Tracy (TV anchorwoman)

Synopsis:

Racial tension is running high in Gotham, with the Police Department accused of arresting gang members solely on the basis of their ethnicity; and various members of the Department have been shot recently by an unknown assailant. Batman is investigating one of these incidents and discovers that the trail may lead to Rasputin, a Russian crime boss recently arrived in town. The Police Department is also investigating him, and when they raid one of his drug labs, they discover an unknown vigilante already mixing it up with Rasputin's men.