Shrike IV
Blockbuster II (last in issue #89)
Comment:
Continued from previous issue and continues in the next issue
Comment:
The gravestone lists the following as deceased (an asterisk marks those who have been significant
characters at some point: Lawrence Adams, Thomas Eakins, Dr. Jan Fledermaus (a
resident who never existed, an invention of Nightwing's), *Yoska Graesinka, *Hank Hogan, *Michael Hogan,
Gwen John, Angelica Kauffmann, Peter Kroyer, Annabelle Langlois, Janean Langlois, *John Law (Tarantula),
Paula Modersohn-Beck, Barnett Newman, Lou Rodriguez, Abram Rosenthal, Betty Rosenthal, Rachel Ruysch,
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Gino Severini, *David Toussant, Kesia Toussant. We know there were a total of
34 casualties, so 12 remain un-named.
Synopsis:
Nightwing battles Shrike and leaves him tied to a flagpole for Blockbuster to find. He then visits
the police department headquarters where Amy Rohrbach offers him his job back and asks for his help in
bringing Blockbuster to justice. Later, he attends a funeral for the victims of the bomb where he meets
Clancy for the first time since she left for medical school as well as encountering Tarantula in her
civilian guise, here to pay her respects to John Law. Also at the funeral, reporter Maxine Michaels makes
a surprising discovery and heads to the police headquarters, where she tells Amy that the building should
be evacuated.