Story: "The Chain" (22 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character:

Batman (next in Robin Vol. 2 #31)

Guest Star:

Nightwing II (next in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #53)

Supporting Characters:

Robin III
Alfred Pennyworth (both next in Robin Vol. 2 #31)
Armand Krol (deceased)
Oracle
James Gordon (both next in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #53)
Harvey Bullock (next in Batman #533)
Renée Montoya (next in Robin Vol. 2 #33)

Villains:

Two-Face
Lock-Up
Allergent
Charaxes
Wesley James Croup
Vanya 'Hunky' Triplet
Tilly
Vinny

Other Characters:

Cal
Jeff (two viral experts)
Officer Hendricks

Synopsis:

Robinn, in disguise as delinquent Alvin Draper, has been captured by Lock-Up and incarcerated in his "jail" along with criminals such as Two-Face, Allergent and Charaxes. First Nightwing and then Batman head towards the last location given by his homing transmitter, and are able to save him and the villains from an ordeal by drowning, taking Lock-Up and his guests into proper custody. Meanwhile, Armand Krol is found dead in his home; he has died of a mutated retro-virus strain of the Clench - Gotham is not safe from that menace after all.