Story: "The Hunt for Oracle, Part 3: The Dying Hours" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Chuck Dixon (plot, script)
Greg Land (pencils)
Jose Marzan Jr. (inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Patricia Mulvihill (colors)
Jamison (color seperations)
Bob Schreck (edits)

Feature Character:

Nightwing (next in Birds of Prey #21)

Guest Stars:

Black Canary II
Robin III (both in between Birds of Prey #20 and #21)
Alfred Pennyworth (last in Birds of Prey #19)

Supporting Characters:

Oracle
Nite-Wing (both in between Birds of Prey #20 and #21)

Villains:

Blockbuster II
Lady Vic
Mouse
Giz
Stallion (all five in between Birds of Prey #20 and #21)
Grimm (next in Birds of Prey #22)
Brutale
ThrillDevil (first appearance?)

Synopsis:

Confronting Tad over the kid's murder of Cisco Blaine, Nightwing is interrupted by Grimm, and the murderer is able to escape. Nightwing himself is rescued from Grimm by the timely arrival of Robin and Alfred; the three of them then set off for Gotham, pursued by Thrilldevil, a motorbike-riding assassin.

Meanwhile, Black Canary escapes her kidnappers, leaping from the plane in which she is imprisoned and engaging in a mid-air battle with Lady Vic. Oracle is deeply relieved to find that help is most definitely on the way. Watched by Robin and Alfred, Nightwing plunges off a bridge with Thrilldevil, while the Mouse, Giz and Blockbuster arrive at a docked submarine which they calculate to be Oracle's last hiding place.