Story: "Natural Born Healer" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Chuck Dixon (plot, script)
Mike Wieringo (pencils)
Stan Woch (inks)
Adrienne Roy (colors)
Tim Harkins (letters)
Jordan B. Gorfnkel (associate edits)
Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character:

Robin III (last in Detective Comics #695; next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31)

Guest Stars:

Catwoman
Batman (both last in Detective Comics #695 and next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31)
Azrael II (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48; next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31)

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth (last in Detective Comic #695; next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31)
Harvey Bullock
Renée Montoya (both next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31)
Commissioner Andrew Howe (last in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48; next in Detective Comics #696)

Villains:

Penguin (last in Detective Comics #695)
Tracker (a mercenary; first appearance, next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31)

Other Characters:

Johnny (Montoya's coastguard boyfriend, last in Detective Comics #691, next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31)
Officer Hendricks (last in Detective Comics #694; next in Detective Comics #698)
Rick (journalist with Wham TV)
Mitch (his cameraman)
Kendall Stuart (a geologist, survivor of a previous Clench outbreak; first appearance; last in flashback in Azrael #15; next in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31)

Comment: Part Three of the Contagion crossover. Story continued from Detective Comics #695 and continues in Catwoman Vol. 2 #31

Synopsis:

Robin clashes with Catwoman, both of them looking for plgue survivor Kendall Stuart, though for very different reasons. He soon realises that the most efficient way of finding Stuart will be to work together with Catwoman, a measure Alfred is somewhat dubious about. Meanwhile, the Clench continues to claim many victims, including the Palmoy family, and one of the most recentloy infected is Montoya's boyfriend Johnny. Panic sets in as news of the plague is broadcast and exit and entrance to Gotham forbidden. Robin and Catwoman track down Kendall Stuart, but so does mercenary Tracker, who attack them, intending to take Stuart himself. Azrael, sent by Batman, also arrives on the scene.