Story: "Shot Through the Heart, Part One" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Ed Brubaker (plot, script)
Scott McDaniel (pencils)
Karl Story (inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Roberta Tewes (colors)
Wildstorm FX (color seperations)
Bob Schreck (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman (also in flashbacks to childhood peceeding flashback in #592)

Supporting Characters:

Sasha Bordeaux
Oracle
Alfred Pennyworth (in flashback to Bruce's childhood preceding flashback in #591)

Guest Star:

Huntress II

Villains:

Deadshot
Lew Moxon (first appearance; a former Gotham City Mob Boss; also in flashback)
Zeiss

Other Characters:

Mallory Moxon (first appearance; the daughter of Lew Moxon and vice president of Moxon Global Enterprises, and a childhood sweetheart of Bruce's; also in flashback preceding flashback in #592)

Synopsis:

Deadshot is in town and Batman has got wind that he's accepted a major hit. At the same time, gangster Lew Moxon returns to Gotham, and Huntress' knowledge of the mob suggests that he may be the target. Batman attends a reception to honour Moxon's return (as Bruce Wayne) and meets Moxon's daughter Mallory, with whom he spent a happy summer before his parents were killed. He also spots Zeiss, who was involved with the death of Jeremy Samuels, and discovers that he is Moxon's bodyguard. The lights suddenly go out, and fake gunfire streaks across the room. Batman soon realises that this is a test to see how good Moxon's security really is, and sports Deadshot leaving the party. He pursues, and is astonished when Deadshot shoots through his decel cable...