Batman #631-634 — War Games
Writers: Bill Willingham, Judd Winick
Artists: Kinsun, Dustin Nguyen
Released: October 2004-January 2005
Though its effects on the Batman “universe” were brief at best, War Games is a huge story. Consuming all the Bat-books, War Games centers around a massive gang war going on in Gotham City with Black Mask, the Penguin, and others in the mix. This story takes place after Identity Crisis, when Tim Drake has retired as Robin after the murder of his father, and his girlfriend Stephanie Brown (a.k.a. the vigilante Spoiler) takes over as Batman’s sidekick as the Girl Wonder. The War Games came about when Brown, looking to gain Batman’s respect, enacted one of many contingency plans Batman has in the bat-computer for use if crime in Gotham gets out of control. The plan would unite all of Gotham’s crime bosses, and later they would implode, but when a key part of the plan goes haywire, all hell breaks lose, and the gang war ensues.
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