Story: "[KnightsEnd Part Five]: Death's Door" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Chuck Dixon (plot, script)
Tom Grummett (pencils)
Ray Kryssing (inks)
Albert DeGuzman (letters)
Adrienne Roy (colors)
Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character:

Robin III (last in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #62; next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #12; then in Batman #510; then in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #30, and then in Detective Comics #677)

Guest Stars:

Bruce Wayne (dons the Batman costume once again at the end of this story)
Nightwing
Batman II (all three last in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #62; all three next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #12)
Lady Shiva (last in Detective Comics #676; next in ....)

Supporting Characters:

Harold (last in Detective Comics #676; next in Detective Comics #679)
James Gordon (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #28; next in Batman #510)
Sarah Essen-Gordon (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #28)
Harvey Bullock (last in Detective Comics #675; next in Batman #510)
Renée Montoya (last in Detective Comics #675; next in Detective Comics #677)
Jack Drake
Mrs. McIlvaine (behind the scenes)

Villains:

Bane (last in Showcase '94 #3, next in ...)
Riddler (last in Showcase '94 #4, next in ...)
Penn Selkirk (between Catwoman Vol. 2 #11 and #12)

Comment: Story continues in Catwoman Vol. 2 #12

Synopsis:

Bruce Wayne has delivered the fatal Leopard Blow to an opponent. Robin and Nightwing are both appalled, whereas Lady Shiva is delighted. But all is not as it seems, the man is alive (though unconscious) and this was a ruse to satisfy Shiva. Penn Selkirk decides he must get rid of Batman's unwelcome attention to his gun-running operations, and Bruce Wayne returns to the role of Batman, ready to bring Jean-Paul Valley down.