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BIRDS OF PREY

BIRDS OF PREY #56 August 2003 [$2.50] Cover Credit: Ed Benes (pencils; signed); Alex Lei (inks; signed)

Story: "Of Like Minds" (22 Pages)

Credits: Gail Simone (plot, script); Ed Benes (pencils); Alex Lei(inks); John E. Workman (letters); Hi-Fi (colors; seperations); Lysa Hawkins (edits)

Feature Characters: Black Canary II, Oracle II

Villains: Savant, Creote (Aleksandr Creote; first appearance of both)

Other Characters: Andrew Fisher (a businessman; first appearance)

Comment: Story continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Oracle gets a tip that powerful businessman Andrew Fisher is planning to run off with his conglomerate's assets, leaving lots of people high and dry. She and Black Canary intimidate him to get him to change his mind, but soon discover him writing a suicide note. Black Canary races to prevent this, but soon discovers that it is a trap, set up by the man who has been blackmailing Fisher. Before long, Oracle gets a message from someone calling himself Savant: "We have your partner. List of demands to follow."