Story: "[Troika Part Four]: Big City Bomber" (23 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 Detective Comics #682; next in Azrael #1)

Guest Star:

Batman (last in Detective Comics #682; next in ...)

Supporting Characters:

Harvey Bullock (last in Detective Comics #682; next in Batman #516)
Renée Montoya
Mackenzie Bock (both last in Detective Comics #682 and next in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #36)
James Gordon (last in Detective Comics #682; next in Batman #516)
Stan Kitch (last in Detective Comics #681; next in Batman #516)
Lucius Fox (last in Detective Comics #682; next in ...)
Lucius Fox's wife (last in Detective Comics #658; next in ...). Tiffany Fox (last in ..., next in ...)

Villains:

KGBeast (last in Detective Comics #682; next in ...)
Romana (last in Detective Comics #682; next in ...)
Ratcatcher (last in Detective Comics #679; next in ...)
Cluemaster (last in Detective Comics #680; next in ...)
Czonk (last in Detective Comics #680; next in flashback in issue #44)

Comment: Troika continued directly from Detective Comics #682

Synopsis:

Robin finds himself facing KGBeast in the midst of a blazing chemicals plant. The 'Beast has shot Harvey Bullock, but Robin gets some help from new detective Mackenzie Bock. Batman is elsewhere, battling Romana, though he soon realises that she has no idea where the nuclear device is. Robin holds his own against the KGBeast, but eventually his foe decides to throw the baseball-shaped device, and it looks like Robin isn't going to make the catch. Luckily, Batman has just arrived on the scene, and does make the catch - Gotham is saved. Bullock is in a coma, but it looks like he should pull through. Meanwhile, out on Blackgate Isle, the Cluemaster is planning something, something involving Robin...