Batman: Bad Blood Page #2

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who's top dog around here.

- Gotham's my b*tch.

- Which makes you mine, Mask.

You're supposed to be dead.

Let me fix that for you.

Damn it!

I bet 50 grand that you

were dead this time.

You lost.

Always bet on Black.

Robin? Somebody kill this freaking kid!

Damian?

- What?

- I could've handled this alone.

If that's your best, Batman,

you're not gonna fool anyone, Grayson.

Maybe you'd like a megaphone

to announce that?

There's no way you're gonna

pull this off without my help.

Modest as ever, I see.

I'm more Batman than you'll ever be.

Just follow my lead.

We're being tailed.

You've been tracking me all night.

I want to know why.

First, tell me why you're running

around Gotham playing dress-up.

I'm guessing Nightwing?

Busted.

Actually, I think he's more than capable

of fooling most people.

And you're certainly not gonna

pass for Batman, short stack.

- Who the hell are you?

- Easy, Robin.

Tell me what you want

and why you've been following me.

I just had to make sure. You see,

I was there the night Batman died.

He threw me clear and saved my life.

But before I could get

back up here it blew apart.

- And we're just supposed to believe that?

- Believe what you want.

- I don't trust her.

- Oh, but you did trust Talon.

Shut up.

Who was it? Who were Tusk

and Firefly working for?

I don't know. But when I find out,

I'll drop a note in your lunchbox.

If you're serious about hunting them down

then we should work together.

Just because I wear this,

doesn't mean I'm a part of your little cult.

You really have a way with women, Grayson.

Do you think he's really dead?

I don't know.

You'd like it, wouldn't you...

if he never came back?

Then you get to keep that suit.

I've struggled for years

to get out of Bruce's shadow,

to build a life for myself as far away

from his world as possible.

And the last thing I want

is to be wearing this damn thing!

I've finally managed to locate

Master Bruce's files on Batwoman.

How come I never heard of her?

- She's kept a rather low profile.

- Not low enough for Batman, I'll bet.

Investigative report on Batwoman,

aka Katherine Kane.

- Katey?

- You know her?

Her father is Colonel Jacob Kane.

Military intelligence.

On Katherine's 12th birthday, she and

her twin sister Elizabeth were abducted,

along with their mother, Gabrielle,

and held for ransom.

Colonel Kane led a rescue mission

that saved Kate's life.

But in the attempt both Gabrielle

and Elizabeth were murdered.

She would follow in her father's footsteps,

enrolling at West Point,

but ultimately expelled.

Something broke inside Kate.

Two years later,

Katherine emerged as Batwoman.

She's impressive, but her methods

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