Story: "Systemic Shock" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Chuck Dixon (plot, script)
Staz Johnson (pencils)
James Hodgkins (inks)
Trish Mulvihill (colors)
Android Images (color separations)
John Constanza (letters)
Darren Vincenzo (associate edits)
Scott Peterson (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Supporting Characters:

Robin III
Stan Kitch
Caz Salluci
Marion Grange
Seth Voder
Armand Krol
Mortimer Gunt
Alfred Pennyworth
Andrew Howe (first appearance)
Harvey Bullock
Renée Montoya

Villains:

Allergent (Maxwell Veezey, first appearance)
Poison Ivy (last in ...)

Other Characters:

Len (a police officer)
Nick (bomb squad officer)
Dyson (Krol's aide)

Note: Story continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

A man begins defoliating Gotham, for indiscernable reasons, which angers Poison Ivy, who escapes from her cell to mete out justice to this murderer of plant-kind. The police follow the trail of evidence back to a man who suffers from numerous allergies, presumably hoping his plan will alleviate them. Having lost his re-election campaign, Armand Krol makes a call to his friend Andrew Howe, who is in the process of being fired from a law firm. And when Batman and Robin pursue the defoliater over a drawbridg, the Batmobile plunges towards the river.