Story: "When the Earth Dies! Chapter One: Red Square! Bloody Square!" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Marv Wolfman (plot, script)
Jim Aparo (pencils)
Mike DeCarlo (inks)
Adrienne Roy (colors)
John Costanza (letters)
Dan Raspler (associate edits)
Denny O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character: Batman

Supporting Characters:

James Gordon
Alfred Pennyworth
Tim Drake
Vicki Vale (last in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #26)

Villains: Slasher (first appearance)
NKVDemon (first appearance; Gregor Dosynski)
Nikolay
Yakov (associates of the 'Demon; first appearance of all)

Other Characters: Nikita Krakov (Moscow police detective)
Dmitri (Moscow police officer)
Yuri Gregaroff (Politburo member, deceased)
Mr Kesegan (Soviet diplomat)
Vasily and Marsala Ramenki (die)
Ivana and Hasek Ramenki (their children)
Anna Petrova (from the Bureau of Economic Development)
Boris (her aide)
Rebecca Curley (a new girl at Tim Drake's school; first appearance of all)

Comment: Continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Baman travels to the Soviet Union to track down the NKVDemon, a follower of the KGBeast who has a hitlist of ten men that he believes have betrayed what the USSR stands for. Batman co-operates with Muscovite detective Nikita Krakov, while as Bruce Wayne he investigates opportunities for WayneTech and bumps into Vicki Vale. Before long, he has an inconclusive encounter with the NKVDemon.