Story: "End to End" (18 Pages)

Credits:

Gail Simone (plot, script)
Joe Bennett (pencils)
Jack Jadson (inks)
Kurt Hathaway (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Wildstorm FX (color separations)
Ivan Cohen and Lysa Hawkins (edits)

Feature Characters:

Black Canary II
Oracle

Villains:

Penguin and his lackies

Other Characters:

Paul McCannis (feature editor of The Revealer, a Gotham tabloid; first appearance, dies)
Julie Leanne Briggs (a naive woman who used to work for the Penguin)

Comment: This story probably takes place between Birds of Prey #55 and #56

Synopsis:

Black Canary and Oracle rescue a woman who has angered the Penguin by claiming, falsely, that he is the father of her unborn child. Black Canary is wounded in the encounter and is only saved from worse injury by the woman knocking the Penguin unconscious.

Second Story: "Flip Side" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Paul Storrie (plot, script)
Jeffrey Henderson (pencils)
John Stanisci (inks)
Kurt Hathaway (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors, separations)
Ivan Cohen and Lysa Hawkins (edits)

Feature Character:

Huntress II

Guest Star:

Black Canary II

Villains:

Dante Bonino ("Danny Bones", a mobster)
Phil Turner (dies)
Horst Grumman (a drug manufacturer)

Synopsis:

While pursuing Danny Bones, a mobster with connections to the Bertinelli and Cassemento crime families, Huntress encounters Black Canary and assumes, wrongly, that Oracle sent her to keep an eye on the Huntress. The two work together to break up a drugs transaction, but one of the participants is killed by another. Huntress expects Black Canary to blame her for this, and is pleasantly surprised to find that this doesn't happen, and that perhaps the two of them have some things in common.

Third Story: "Who's Next" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Scott Young (plot, script)
Phil Winslade (pencils, inks)
Hi-Fi (letters, colors, separations)
Ivan Cohen and Lysa Hawkins (edits)

Feature Character:

Oracle (last in Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear, next in Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1)

Guest Appearances:

Power Girl (behind the scenes)
Fire
Doctor Fate III (see second Comment)
Big Barda
Huntress II (last in Underworld Unleashed #3, next in Batman #529)
Black Canary II (last in ..., next in Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1)

Comment: This story is a flashback which leads directly into Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1

Comment: The appearance of Doctor Fate III is not in continuity for this character, as she ceased to operate in Zero Hour

Synopsis:

Knowing that Power Girl is not going to forgive her any time soon over what happened in Qurac the last time they worked together, Oracle searches for a new operative. After rejecting numerous possibilities, she settles on Black Canary, who seems to be the perfect choice.

Feature: "Profile Pages" (xx Pages)

Credits:

Scott Beatty (text)
Shawn Crysal (pencils, inks - Huntress)
Lee Loughridge (colors, separations - Huntress)
Brian Stelfreeze (pencils, inks, colors, separations - Batgirl and Oracle)
Ed Benes (pencils, inks - Black Canary)
Tom McCraw (colors, separations - Black Canary)
Ivan Cohen and Lysa Hawkins (edits)

Comment: The issue contains profile pages of the key Birds of Prey players - Oracle (II), Black Canary (II) and the Huntress (II), as well as Batgirl (III).