Story: "Prodigal Part Two" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Alan Grant (plot, script)
Bret Blevins (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Adrienne Roy (colors)
Denny O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman III (between Batman #512 and Detective Comics #679)

Supporting Characters:

Robin III
James Gordon (both between Batman #512 and Detective Comics #679)
Harvey Bullock (last in Detective Comics #0, next in Robin Vol. 2 #11)

Villains:

Marty Vetch (a drug dealer, first appearance)
Bobby (one of Marty's men, first appearance, dies)
Ventriloquist
Scarface (last in ..., next in ...)
Rhino (last in ..., next in ...)
Vito (first appearance, one of Marty's men)
Nathan (first appearance, one of Scarface's men)
Two-Face (last in Robin Vol. 2 #0, next in Detective Comics #679)

Note: Prodigal continued from Batman #512 and continues in Detective Comics #679. Neither issue flows directly into/from this one.

Synopsis:

A drug war is brewing between Scarface and Marty Vetch, even as Two-Face uses a quirk of circumstance to engineer his escape. Batman and Robin bring both the Ventriloquist and Vetch in, but Rhino escapes with Scarface. Following the Ventriloquist's instructions on what to do in such an eventuality, he discovers a book on how to throw your voice...