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"The Hostage Heart, Part One": Black Canary is in the hands of Blockbuster and his gang of mercenaries. She pretends to be Oracle to protect Barbara Gordon. Blockbuster explains that he needs her bus

Birds of Prey #22 is an issue of the series Birds of Prey (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2000. It was published on August 16, 2000.

Synopsis for "The Hostage Heart, Part One"

Black Canary is in the hands of Blockbuster and his gang of mercenaries. She pretends to be Oracle to protect Barbara Gordon. Blockbuster explains that he needs her business intelligence to locate Gorilla City where Blockbuster intends to find a donor for a heart transplantation. Lady Vic, Grimm and Deathstroke are set to accompany Dinah - all of whom might have their own agendas. At least Dinah is not completely on her own as she still has radio contact with Oracle.

Via parachuting Black Canary and company land somewhere in the middle of Africa and then its the task of Dinah and Grimm to locate Gorilla City. Of course, Oracle is doing the actual computer work, but Dinah plays her role as the expert convincingly. However, it does not take long until the group of vigilantes is spotted by gorilla soldiers ...

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