Story: "Code of Silence" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Joey Cavalieri (plot, script)
Joe Staton (pencils)
Bruce Patterson and Dick Giordano (inks)
Albert De Guzman (letters)
Nansi Hoolahan (colors)
Andy Helfer (edits)

Feature Character:

Huntress (Helena Janice Bertinelli; first appearance; also in origin flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Guido Bertinelli (Helena's father and head of the Bertinelli crime family)
Carmela Bertinelli (Helena's mother)
Freddy Caldone (Helena's cousin; first appearance of all three; all die in flashback)

Villains:

Omerta the Silencer (first appearance; in flashback)
Vince (first appearance; in flashback)

Other Character:

Helena Karabatsos (first appearance)
Don (first appearance; one of Guido's lawyers)
Fat Angelo (a candy store owner)
Tony (Angelo's son; first appearance of both; latter three in flashback)

Flashback: As a young child Helena is kidnapped by a rivaling crime family, an experience that leaves her scarred for life. After she has been returned she is sent of to college far from home to protect her. Attending a family wedding she witnesses the murder of her entire family and only by playing dead herself she survives.

Synopsis:

Huntress witnesses a mugger stalk his prey, after which she sets after and stops him. Having returned the stolen goods to the woman she recollects her own beginnings.