Story: "The Gray Area" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Chuck Dixon (plot, script)
Tommy Lee Edwards (pencils)
Scott Hanna (inks)
Gloria Vasquez (colors)
Android Images (color separations)
John Constanza (letters)
Darren Vincenzo (associate edits)
Scott Peterson (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48; next in Robin Vol. 2 #27)

Supporting Characters:

Robin III (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48; next in Robin Vol. 2 #27)
Oracle (next in Azrael #15)
Alfred Pennyworth (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48; next in Robin Vol. 2 #27)

Villains:

Penguin (next in Robin Vol. 2 #27)
Nico Vanetta
McQuade

Guest Appearance:

Catwoman (last in Catwoman Vol. 2 #30; next in Robin Vol. 2 #27)

Other Characters:

Daniel Maris (dies)
Kip Palmoy
Mr Ames
Mrs Ames
Mr Magillo
Mr Zavier (all last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48)
Arissa Palmoy (Kip's daughter)
Jenny Palmoy (Kip's wife)
Dresden (another resident of Babylon Towers)
Trish (Arissa's aunt; first appearance of all four)

Comment: Part Two of the Contagion crossover. Story continued from Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48 and continues in Robin Vol. 2 #27.

Synopsis:

Batman escapes from the military enclave, while the residents of Babylon Towers discover that they have not saved themselves by sealing themselves in, since Daniel Maris has unknowingly brought the virus with him. The virus, carried by Maris' pilot, is also out in Gotham City itself. Batman and the residents of Babylon Towers learn of a survivor of a previous outbreak named Kendall Stuart. Robin is sent in pursuit of this man, while the denizens of the Gotham underworld are offered five million dollars of they can track him down. So naturally, when Robin arrives at Stuart's last known location, he encounters Catwman.