Story: "Sensei & Student" (22 Pages)

Credits: Gail Simone (plot, script); Ed Benes and Cliff Richards (pencils); Alex Lei(inks); Nick Napolitano (letters); Hi-Fi (colors); Lysa Hawkins (edits)

Feature Characters: Black Canary II, Oracle II

Guest Star: Lady Shiva

Villains: Lam (leader of the Tung Sing, a mercenary Hong Kong gang), The Tung Sing (all next in #62)

Guest Appearances: Batman; Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Hourman II, Wildcat II

Other Character: Sensei Otomo (Black Canary and Shiva's martial arts teacher; dies))

Comment: Continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Black Canary travels to Hong Kong because her sensei, the man who taught her martial arts, is dying. Here she encounters Lady Shiva, who was also his sudent for a short time. He asks them each a dying favour. Canary must never try to arrest Shiva, and Shiva must never try to kill Canary. Meanwhile, Oracle discovers that her information in several cases is wrong, sending various heroes on wild goose chases. In Hong Kong, Shiva and Canary are attacked by a local gang and discover that this was a distraction as someone has killed their sensei, poisoned a dying man. They believe the most likely culprit is Cheshire.