Story: "Malevolent Maniaxe" (22 Pages)

Credits: Doug Moench (plot, script); Mike Manley (pencils); Josef Rubinstein (inks); Adrienne Roy (colors); Ken Bruzenak (letters); Denny O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character: Batman II (last in Showcase '94 #5/1)

Guest Star: Ballistic (last in Bloodbath #2)

Supporting Characters: James Gordon (last in Detective Comics #673; next in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #26); Armand Krol (in between #503 and #510), Tim Drake (last in Robin Vol. 2 #5; next in Showcase '94 #5)

Villains: Malevolent Maniaxe (a failed punk group turned to crime - Mojo, Surly-Schmoe and Hairy)

Guest Appearances: Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth (both last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #23; both next in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #59)

Other Characters: Henry Etchison (Abattoir's unpleasant cousin), Winston Brock (his lawyer), "Dead Frank" (Ballistic's informer)

Comment: This issue carries a 'Knightquest: The Crusade' banner

Note: Story continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Batman is looking for people who may be able to lead him to Abattoir even as the serial killer's incarcerated cousin puts out a bounty on the serial killer's head to the tune of $50,000. A former punk group, now doing dirty work for the Roselli family, decide to pursue this bounty, as does ex-cop Kelvin Mao, now the invulnerable vigilante Ballistic. All three parties collide when tracking down some of Abattoir's former associates...