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DC Comics   ·   Released Jan 26th, 2005

Batman #636

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UNDER THE RED HOOD PART 2: FIRST STRIKE 
Batman patrols Gotham City and he stops a criminal making illicit deals. Batman hangs the man upside-down and leaves him there, thinking about how easy things were before, when he and all his team could rely on Oracle, but now that she's gone and her headquarters were destroyed, things have become a bit more complicated.  Batman is standing on the top of a building and he is soon joined by Nightwing, who is still recovering from his wound on his leg, but is able to jump and run very well. Batman is curious as to why is Nightwing still in Gotham since he used to work exclusively in Blüdhaven and New York. Nightwing replies that he just wants to stay close to home for a while and he joins Batman on a mission as they start moving across the city.  Meanwhile at the Hanover Tower, a technician is making a new Cryo-Suit for Mister Freeze and he tries to lecture the villain on modern technology and equipment. Outside of the room is Black Mask, waiting for Freeze's suit to be complete. Sionis' assistant, David, suggests that recruiting Freeze was a bad idea and Black Mask replies that it wasn't. David also informs his employer about the new criminal in town and that he is going by the name of Red Hood; however, Black Mask already knows as he is looking a picture of the man on his computer. At that moment, a lab assistant comes out of the cold room and informs Black Mask that Freeze has killed yet another technician. Freeze's new cryo-suit is complete and Black Mask is more than happy to count with Freeze on his side.  Moments later at the Gotham Docks, a big shipment is unloading and the operation is heavily guarded by several hired mercenaries, armed with big guns. Batman arrives and quickly takes one of them out with no effort and soon all the other mercenaries start shooting at him. Nightwing arrives just in time to help Batman with all of them and soon, the original dynamic duo get the situation under control. Batman and Nightwing get inside the ship and open one of the packages only to find a stash full of weapons from notorious criminals like Joker, Captain Boomerang, Mr. Freeze and more. When Nightwing opens a second stash, a bomb is activated and they have enough time just to jump out of the ship into the water outside. The bomb blows the ship almost entirely and the duo reach the shore with some difficulty.  Batman spots a man standing on a nearby rooftop and they start chasing him, just as the man starts running. Red Hood keeps the distance between Batman and Nightwing and his agiity helps him on the hot rooftoop chase. As Batman is chasing Red Hood, he notices that the man moves in a familiar way and when he tries to stop him with a Batrope, Red Hood cuts the rope even before it was taught. Red Hood then jumps into the skylight of a warehouse and Nightwing is impressed by the feat. Batman replies that it isn't something they haven't seen or done before and they reach the warehouse in the same fashion. The whole place is completely dark and Batman tells Nightwing to stay sharp. When the lights are turned on, they are faced by Amazo, the android that possesses the capabilities of some members of the Justice League. Amazo stares at them and prepares to eliminate them both, while Batman keeps repeating the words. "Stay sharp".

Format
Comic
Page Count
32 pages
Cover Price
$2.25
UPC
76194120005763611
Distributor SKU
NOV040237
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Creators

Judd Winick
Writer
Judd Winick
Doug Mahnke
Penciller
Doug Mahnke
Tom Nguyen
Inker
Tom Nguyen
Alex Sinclair
Colorist
Alex Sinclair
Rob Leigh
Letterer
Rob Leigh
Matt Wagner
Cover Artist
Matt Wagner
Michael Wright
Associate Editor
Michael Wright
Bob Schreck
Editor
Bob Schreck

Characters

Amazo
Amazo
Prime Earth
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Prime Earth
Black Mask
Roman Sionis
Black Mask
Prime Earth
David Li
David Li
Prime Earth
Mr. Freeze
Victor Fries
Mr. Freeze
Prime Earth
Nightwing
Dick Grayson
Nightwing
Prime Earth
Oracle
Barbara Gordon
Oracle
Prime Earth
Red Hood
Jason Todd
Red Hood
Prime Earth

Collected In

  • Batman: Under the Hood Vol. 1 TP
    Batman: Under the Hood Vol. 1 TP
    Batman Vol. 1 (1940 - 2011)
  • Batman: Under the Red Hood TP
    Batman: Under the Red Hood TP
    Batman Vol. 1 (1940 - 2011)
  • DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 57 Batman: Under the Hood
    DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 57 Batman: Under the Hood
    DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (2015)

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