Dates
- Cover date
- April 2000
- On sale
- February 16, 2000
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098932417604
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Down with the Ship · 22 pages
During this issue, Batman narrates his file on Batgirl. In a bar, Batman and Batgirl investigate a boat that left several crew men 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 choose to save herself, and commit to living in order to work with him.
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder · 8 pages
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.
Publisher’s description
Batgirl guest-stars in an issue that also features a black-and-white backup story written and drawn by John Byrne and the debut of regular cover artist Brian Bolland! Batman and Batgirl fight to save a group of kidnapped Gothamites from being sold overseas as slave labor, but Batgirl's personal struggle with her killer instincts may prove to be the death of not only her, but everyone else.
Characters
Reprinted in
Batman Black and White (1998), Batman Black and White (2000), Batman Black and White (2007), The DC Universe by John Byrne (2018), Batman: Gotham Knights: Transference (2020)