Detective Comics #797 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2004.
Synopsis for "War Games: Act 1 Part 1 - Flashpoint"
Word of the gun fight is starting to spread. The police and news media are investigating as Batmam arrives. He checks out the scene with Batgirl's help, reported the information back to Oracle. He determines the survivors; Scarface, Orpheus, Penguin, Mr. Fun, Onyx, Deadshot, Zeiss and Escabedo's bodyguard, who turned up at Leslie Thompkins clinic in bad shape.
Oracle and Batman review the night's events at the clocktower. Meanwhile, retaliation for the shootout stared to ramp up. Batgirl fights in Chinatown to try and stop the violence. Batman tries to talk to Escabedo, but he blames Batman, and it turns into a fight, which is interrupted by an attack by the Odessa Mob.
Orpheus meets with Penguin. Penguin denies starting the war. The violence continues to spread, erupting on the Hill. Batman, Orpheus and Batgirl struggle without success to quell the tide, but it spreads too far, too fast for them to do more than fight fires.
Appearing in "War Games: Act 1 Part 1 - Flashpoint"
Featured Characters:
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Supporting Characters:
Villains:
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- Lucky Hand Triad
- Diego Escabedo
- Odessa Mob
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Gotham Clock Tower
- Gotham Harbor
- The Iceberg Lounge
- Chinatown
- The Hill
- The North End
Synopsis for "Low, Part I"
Appearing in "Low, Part I"
Featured Characters:
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Supporting Characters:
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Notes
- The events of this issue take place directly after "Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure #1." The story is continued in "Legends of the Dark Knight #182."
- This is part of the War Games saga running through all of the Batman Titles in 2004.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Batman Recommended Reading
- Batman (Volume 1)
- Batman (Volume 2)
- Batman (Volume 3)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 3)
- Batman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham Knights (Volume 1)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Volume 1)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
- The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 2)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
Links and References
 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. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the War Games Crossover category. 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
Act Three: Endgame
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