TITLE:
100101010
WRITER(s):
Kurt Busiek
PENCILER(s):
Mark Bagley
INKER(s):
Art Thibert
COLORS:
Pete Pantazis
LETTERS:
Pat Brosseau
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Superman (Clark Kent); Wonder Woman (Diana Prince);
Red Tornado; Green Lantern (John Stewart); Firestorm (Jason Rusch);
Power-Ring; UltraMan; Johnny Quick; Owlman; Superwoman; Transmutato; Morgaine Le Fay; Enigma (Edward Nashton); Despero;
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce); Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance);
Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders); Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe)
PLOT:
Superman had flown off alone after the Crime Syndicate. At their home, the Syndicate offers to release all the workers from Superman's Earth with no fight but keep the workers from all other worlds. Superman refuses this offer and starts to take on the entire Syndicate. He has begun to take on characteristics of Batman and Wonder Woman, making him more aggressive.
As part of a JLA plan, Firestorm, Red Tornado and Green Lantern have broken into the CSA orbiting headquarters. They are quickly attacked by robotic guard dogs. While fighting off the dogs, Green Lantern has some sort of attack, losing control of his powers and firing blasts everywhere. These blasts blow a hole in the satellite.
Superman is losing to the CSA when the JLA arrives to back him up and a battle begins.
Observing all this is Despero, Morgaine and Enigma. Despero and Morgaine are intriqued by this anti-matter Earth inhabited totally by criminals and talk of making it their base. Enigma is vehemently against this idea, ordering them to leave this particular Earth untouched.
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TITLE:
Riddle Me This
WRITER(s):
Kurt Busiek; Fabian Nicieza
PENCILER(s):
Mike Norton
INKER(s):
Karl Kesel
COLORS:
Allen Passalaqua
LETTERS:
Ken Lopez
CHARACTERS:
Nightwing (Dick Grayson); Robin (Tim Drake); Morgaine Le Fay; Enigma (Edward Nashton); Madame Zodiac;
Mr. Freeze; Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot); Riddler (Edward Nigma)
PLOT:
The Riddler has taken on the case of finding out who is ordering the thefts of the mystical artifacts. He has been hired by an unnamed client. He begins an investigation, interviewing the Penguin first. The Penguin acts as if Riddler should know more about the robberies. When he talks with Mr. Freeze, they are under the impression that they were hired by Riddler. To check out the mystical angle he talks with Madame Zodiac. While in her home a stone gargoyle she owns comes to life and attacks Riddler, accusing him of betraying his mistress. The gargoyle was formerly located at Castle Branek, where Morgaine, Despero and Enigma are working.
All of Riddler's investigations reveal that that the criminal is known to the Gotham underworld (who he is hiring); is creating an elaborate puzzle by only stealing certain artifacts; and is very clever. This leads him to the conclusion that he is the criminal though he knows he isn't. He sends these findings to the person who hired him - Dick Grayson. Riddler vows to prove himself innocent of these crimes but is getting out of Gotham in the meantime.
At Castle Branek, Morgaine senses one of her watchdogs (the gargoyle) having an connection with Enigma in America but when she checks with Enigma he has been in the castle all day.
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