Batman: Gotham Knights #2 [Direct Sales]

(April 2000)

Down with the Ship (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Devin Grayson (credited)

Pencils

Dale Eaglesham (credited)

Inks

John Floyd (credited)

Colors

Pamela Rambo (credited); Wildstorm FX (credited) (separator)

Letters

Bill Oakley (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Raton (villain); Adams; Captain; McKee; Fletch; Henley; Adigun; Bill; Cecilia; Faizul (flashback)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

During this issue, Batman narrates his file on Batgirl.

In a bar, Batman and Batgirl investigate a boat that left several crew man shot. They find out that the boat is carrying kidnapped Gothamites to be sold as slaves in the Middle East. Meanwhile, the victims have rigged the boat to explode unless they're released, but the bomb goes off by accident. The crew escapes as Batman & Batgirl arrive. They rush to save them, but Batgirl intentionally gets herself trapped. Batman tells her she must chose to save herself, and commit to living in order to work with him.

Reprints

• in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2001 series) #1 ([Mai] 2001)
• in Batman (Editora Abril, 2000 series) #11 (Junho 2001)
• in Batman: Gotham Knights: Transference (DC, 2020 series) (2019 [March 2020])

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman Black & White / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

John Byrne (credited)

Letters

John Byrne

Editing

Mark Chiarello

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] (also poses as "Thick" Lyman); Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Thick" Lyman; "Thin" Lyman; Mr. Morton

Synopsis

Batman and Robin take down the Thick & Thin gang, but the criminals refuse to give up their connection to a drug shipment. They keep them under constant surveillance, so when they stop, the Lyman brothers make their move. But it was Batman impersonating one of the brothers, and the other one leads them right to the shipment.

Reprints

• in Batman: D'ombre et de lumière (Semic S.A., 2001 series) #1
• in Batman Black and White (DC, 1997 series) #2 ([November] 2002)
which is reprinted
• in Batman: Black & White II (Egmont Polska, 2003 series) #1 ([wrzesień] 2003)
• in Batman Black and White (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2002 [November 2003])
• in Batman: Black & White (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2008)
• in The DC Universe by John Byrne (DC, 2018 series) ([February] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Black & White back-up story.

Many websites incorrectly state that this story takes place in the same universe as Superman & Batman: Generations. This error comes from an indexing project written by comic fan John Wells, which was later reprinted in Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium, a supplement to Crisis on Infinite Earths The Absolute Edition (DC, 2005 series). DC Comics has never established a connection between this story and that Elseworlds continuity, nor is there anything in this story to suggest such a thing.

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