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BATMAN: FAMILY #8
Cover Date: February 2003
Cover Price: $2.95
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Cover Credits:
Art: Stefano Gaudiano
Colors: Heroic Age
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Credits:
| Story | John Francis Moore |
| Art | Stefano Gaudiano, Steve Lieber |
| Lettering | John Workman |
| Colors | Jessica Kindzierski |
| Color separations | Heroic Age |
| Editing | Matt Idelson |
Feature Character(s):
Guest Star(s):
- Orpheus II (last in issue #3; next in Detective Comics #794)
- Spoiler (last/next in ???)
- Black Canary II (last/next in ???)
- Huntress II (last in issue #4; next in ???)
Supporting Character(s):
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Renée Montoya (last in issue #6)
- Crispus Allen (last in issue #6)
- Mayor Daniel Dickerson
- Leslie Thompkins
- Martha Wayne (in flashback as Martha Kane)
Villain(s):
- Bugg
- Athena II (also in flashback)
- Mister Fun (next in Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure #1)
- Freeway
- Doctor Excess
- Suicide King (next in Batman: Gotham Knights #56)
- Cesare Rossetti
- Gabriel Rossetti
- Danny Tran (deceased)
Other Character(s):
- Simone (Celia Kazantkakis' personal assistant)
- Luke Santos (last in issue #6)
- Sheila (a Wayne employee)
- Laurence (a Gothamite)
- Congressman Devore (behind the scenes)
Comment(s):
- The Batman 'family' appear on the final page (p34) in their civilian guises - Bruce Wayne, Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain, Tim Drake and Dick Grayson - three weeks after the events of the rest of the issue.
Synopsis: - The Network begin their final assault on Gotham City, and Batman must call in not only his immediate associates, but also the other vigilantes and heroes operating in Gotham, including the Huntress, who is the hardest to reconcile with. They cut the power in the whole city in order to begin a massive transfer of bank funds which will cripple Wayne Enterprises and with it the whole of the Gotham economy. Athena also prepares her personal revenge on the Rossetti family, but is ultimately unable to see it all the way through. The Huntress captures the Suicide King, while Nightwing and Black Canary bring down Mister Fun. Robin and Spoiler intercept some of the Network's equipment, and Batgirl finds Bugg at Wayne Plaza. Batman confronts Athena, but is unable to prevent her escape from Gotham. The Network has been crippled for now, and Batman's relationship with his extended 'family' has certainly improved.