Batman: War Games #1 - Outbreak

([April] 2005)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

War Games Prelude: No Help (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Devin Grayson (credited)

Pencils

Ramón F. Bachs (credited as Ramón Bachs)

Inks

Raúl Fernández (credited); Rodney Ramos (credited)

Colors

Steve Buccellato (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Kobra; Pasquale Galante Jr.; Zeiss; Orpheus; Onyx; Alfred Pennyworth; Otero; Manuel Escabedo; Akahara; Dick Grayson [Robin (flashback); Nightwing]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Penguin; Deadshot; Lew Moxon; Hellhound; Joker; Scarface; Catwoman

Synopsis

Spoiler observes an unusual criminal meeting that goes sour, and Batman gets a surprise from someone he thought to be helping.

Reprints

• from Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure (DC, 2004 series) #1 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games continues in Detective Comics #797.

War Games Act 1 Part 1 Flashpoint (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Andersen Gabrych (credited)

Pencils

Pete Woods (credited)

Inks

Nathan Massengill (credited)

Colors

Jason Wright (credited)

Letters

Pat Brosseau (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Orpheus; Onyx; Arturo Rodriguez (reporter); Leslie Thompkins; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Diego Escabedo; Penguin; Deadshot

Synopsis

Gang war erupts in Gotham.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #797 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games continues in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182.

War Games: Act 1 Part 2 Behind Enemy Lines (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

A. J. Lieberman (credited)

Pencils

Brad Walker (credited)

Inks

Troy Nixey (credited)

Colors

Javier Rodríguez (credited)

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Matches Malone]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Orpheus; Onyx; VILLAIN: Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]

Reprints

• from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #182 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #797.
War Games crossover continues in Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #96.

War Games: Act 1 Part 3 A Sort of Homecoming (Table of Contents: 5)

Nightwing / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Devin Grayson (credited)

Pencils

Michael Lilly (credited as Mike Lilly)

Inks

Andy Owens (credited)

Colors

Gregory Wright (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Nightwing; Batman; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Leslie Thompkins; Onyx; Tim Drake [Robin] (does not appear in costume in this issue); Jack Drake; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]

Reprints

• from Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #96 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #182.
War Games crossover continues in Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #56.

War Games: Act 1 Part 4: Rules of Engagment (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

A. J. Lieberman (credited)

Pencils

Al Barrionuevo (credited)

Inks

Francis Portela (credited)

Colors

Brad Anderson (credited)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hush [Tommy Elliot]; Prometheus; Ventriloquist; Scarface; Black Mask; Alexandra Kosov; Henry Aquista; Suicide King; Penguin; Firefly; Eletrocutioner; Pistolera; Vicious; Lynx; Trickster; Killer Croc; Nightwing; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Tarantula [Catalina Flores]; Deadshot; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]

Reprints

• from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #56 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #96.
War Games crossover continues in Robin (DC, 1993 series) #129.

War Games: Act 1 Part 5 Alamo High (Table of Contents: 7)

Robin / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Willingham (credited)

Pencils

Giuseppe Camuncoli (credited)

Inks

Lorenzo Ruggiero (credited)

Colors

Guy Major (credited)

Letters

Phil Balsman (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A gang war has broken out, citywide in Gotham.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Tim Drake; Darla Aquista; Scarface; Ventriloquist; Frank Aquista; Arturo Rodriguez

Reprints

• from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #129 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #56.
War Games crossover continues in Batgirl (DC, 200 series) #55.

War Games: Act 1 Part 6 Total War (Table of Contents: 8)

Batgirl / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Dylan Horrocks (credited)

Pencils

Sean Phillips (credited) (art)

Inks

Sean Phillips (credited) (art)

Colors

Jason Wright (credited)

Letters

Nick Napolitano (credited as Nick J. Napolitano)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Batman

Reprints

• from Batgirl (DC, 2000 series) #55 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #129.
War Games crossover continues in Catwoman (DC, 1993 series) #34.

War Games: Act 1 Part 7 Cold Hard Facts (Table of Contents: 9)

Catwoman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Brubaker (credited)

Pencils

Paul Gulacy (credited)

Inks

Jimmy Palmiotti (credited)

Colors

Laurie Kronenberg (credited)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's been three months since I burned down Mafia Capo Vic Barbarossa's house and reclaimed the streets for my people.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Dr. Leslie Thompkins; Mister Freeze [Victor Fries]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]; Holly Robinson

Synopsis

A gang war has escalated quickly and has reached the east end.

Selina learns that a meeting between two gangs is a set-up; she arrives to find all members killed by Mr. Freeze. She stops Freeze, but is distracted when she spots Spoiler on a nearby rooftop.

Spoiler explains that after Batman fired her from being Robin, she decided to prove her worth by implementing a Batman contingency plan to take over the gangs. But the plan failed because "Matches" Malone was a key player in it, and Stephanie hid her actions from Batman; not realizing that Matches was one of Batman's aliases.

Reprints

• from Catwoman (DC, 2002 series) #34 (October 2004)

Keywords

bat-signal; cold gun; Dr. Thompkins East Side Clinic; East End; gang war; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

War Games crossover continued from Batgirl (DC, 2000 series) #55.
War Games crossover continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #631.

War Games: Act 1 Part 8: Last Stand at Alamo High (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Willingham (credited)

Pencils

Kinsun (credited)

Inks

Aaron Sowd (credited)

Colors

Tony Aviña (credited as Tony Avina)

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is Arturo Rodriguez, reporting live from outside the...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Darla Aquista; Arturo Rodriguez; Winona Chen; Lieutenant Martin; Kuan; Larry; Yegor Kironofski; Oleg; Marik; Bruno

Synopsis

Batman, Nightwing and Batgirl enter the school where mobsters have taken hostages. Tim Drake has already helped some of his fellow students hide from the criminals and is doing what he can until help arrives.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #631 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games continued from Catwoman (DC, 2002 series) #34.
War Games continues in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #798.

War Games (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Cameron Stewart (credited, signed)

Inks

Cameron Stewart (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure (DC, 2004 series) #1 (October 2004)

War Games Act One Part 1 of 8 (Table of Contents: 12)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Jock (credited)

Inks

Jock (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #797 [Direct Sales] (October 2004)

War Games Act One Part 2 of 8 (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Haberlin (credited) (signed as Haberlin)

Inks

Brian Haberlin (credited) (signed as Haberlin)

Colors

Brian Haberlin (credited) (signed as Haberlin)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #182 [Direct Sales] (October 2004)

War Games Act One Part 3 of 8 (Table of Contents: 14)

Nightwing / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Scott McDaniel (credited, signed)

Inks

Andy Owens (credited, signed)

Colors

Nathan Eyring

Letters

Todd Klein

Genre

superhero

Characters

Nightwing [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Nightwing (DC, 1996 series) #96 [Direct Sales] (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

War Games: Act One Part 4 of 8 (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Jae Lee (credited) (signed as JAE LEE)

Inks

Jae Lee (credited) (signed as JAE LEE)

Colors

June Chung

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hush; Penguin; Deadshot; Scarface

Reprints

• from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #56 [Direct Sales] (October 2004)

War Games Act One Part 5 of 8 (Table of Contents: 16)

Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Dustin Nguyen (credited) (signed as Dustin)

Inks

Dustin Nguyen (credited) (signed as Dustin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Scarface; Tim Drake

Reprints

• from Robin (DC, 1993 series) #129 [Direct Sales] (October 2004)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Batgirl / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

James Jean (credited)

Inks

James Jean (credited)

Colors

James Jean (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]

Reprints

• from Batgirl (DC, 2000 series) #55 [Direct Sales] (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

War Games crossover dressing.

War Games Act One Part 7 of 8 (Table of Contents: 18)

Catwoman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Gulacy (credited) (signed as PG)

Inks

Jimmy Palmiotti (credited) (signed as JP)

Colors

Laurie Kronenberg

Genre

superhero

Characters

Catwoman [Selina Kyle]

Reprints

• from Catwoman (DC, 2002 series) #34 [Direct Sales] (October 2004)

War Games: Act One Part 8 of 8 (Table of Contents: 19)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Matt Wagner (credited)

Inks

Matt Wagner (credited)

Colors

Matt Wagner (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #631 [Direct Sales] (October 2004)