Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure Vol 1 1

I'm going to show Batman how wrong he was about me.

-- Stephanie Brown

Appearing in "War Games, Prelude: No Help"

Featured Characters:

Batman (Flashback and main story)
Spoiler

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth
Catwoman
Nightwing (Flashback and main story)
Tarantula

Antagonists:

Gotham Organized Crime
- Burnley Town Massive
  - Able Crown (Dies)
- Escabedo Cartel
  - Franco (bodyguard)
  - Manuel Escabedo (Dies)
- Five Families
  - Junior Galante (Dies)
  - Zeiss
- Hill Gang
  - Orpheus
  - Onyx
- Latino Unified Gang
  - Otero (Dies)
- Lew Moxon (Dies)
  - Hellhound (Dies)
- Lucky Hand Triad
  - Kwan Lin (Dies)
  - Silver Monkey (Dies)
- Odessa Mob
  - NKVDemon (Dies)
  - Victor Kosov (Dies)
- The Penguin
  - Deadshot
- The Ventriloquist
  - Mister Fun
  - Scarface
- Yakuza
  - Akahara (Dies)
Kobra Terrorists

Other Characters:

Darla Aquista (Flashback only)
Dr. Grall (Only appearance; dies)
Flying Graysons (Flashback only)
- John Grayson (Flashback only)
- Mary Grayson (Flashback only)
Jason Todd (Flashback only)
Joker (Flashback only)
Tim Drake (Flashback only)

Locations:

Gotham City
- Wayne Manor
- Batcave

Items:

Vehicles:

The Batmobile

Synopsis for "War Games, Prelude: No Help"

Spoiler watches a gathering of crime bosses while Bruce Wayne attends a society gathering. Terrorists attack the gathering. As the crime bosses continue to gather, Batman distracts the terrorists with a remote controlled Batmobile. Spoiler thinks about Batman, her past with him, the original Robin.

Alfred calls Nightwing, who is traveling with Tarantula. Alfred is worried about him

Batman continues to battle the terrorists as more crime lords gather. Spoiler wonder about the second Robin, about whom she knows little except something bad happened. The terrorists are defeated, Batman confronts the scientist for whom the event was held. He is a collaborator. His body dissolves away as he warns this is only the beginning.

Spoiler finally contemplates Tim Drake, her immediate predecessor as Robin, his anger at her learning his secret identity. Catwoman arrives and she's surprised Spoiler is being allowed to cover this situation and Spoiler admits she's been fired. Catwoman encourages Spoiler to call in Batman, just when the gang meeting erupts into gunfire.

Catwoman demands Spoiler call Batman as she flees. As Spoiler watches her go, she's grateful no one remains to witness her failure. She decides Batman was right to fire her, she could be of no help to him, while she burns a list.

Notes

This book was first published on August 4, 2004.
This marks the first issue of the "Batman: War Games" crossover. The story is continued in "Detective Comics #797."

Trivia

Bruce Wayne mentions that he was 8 when his parents were killed.

Links and References

War Games Crossover
The events from this issue or series are related to Batman: War Games, a massive Batman Title crossover involving a massive conflict between the different factions of Gotham Organized Crime, culminating in the rise to power of Black Mask.

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Act One: Outbreak

Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure #1 • Detective Comics #797 • Legends of the Dark Knight #182 • Nightwing #96 • Gotham Knights #56 • Robin #129 • Batgirl #55 • Catwoman #34 • Batman #631

Act Two: Tides

Detective Comics #798 • Legends of the Dark Knight #183 • Nightwing #97 • Gotham Knights #57 • Robin #130 • Batgirl #56 • Catwoman #35 • Batman #632

Act Three: Endgame

Detective Comics #799 • Legends of the Dark Knight #184 • Nightwing #98 • Gotham Knights #58 • Robin #131 • Batgirl #57 • Catwoman #36 • Batman #633