Jul 2000
Cry for Blood (Part 2)
By Greg Rucka, Rick Burchett
Helena’s talks to the Question after she almost hits him with her car. He talks cryptically but doesn’t seem to say much. She gets back into her car and leaves once she realizes this.
Nightwing visits Helena in her apartment. He wants to help her but she doesn’t want his help. She’s preparing dinner but doesn’t invite him to stick around.
Helena gets into her uniform and pays a visit to Karen Frazier, a journalist who wrote an article for the Interrogator (newspaper) about the Huntress. She finds Frazier dead, with a bolt from a crossbow in her chest. The body is still warm.
Huntress hears sirens. Someone has already called the cops. She heads for the roof where she encounters Batman and Nightwing. Batman tries to insist that she come with them but Huntress isn’t willing. She fights her way free of the two heroes. She shoots a crossbow bolt at them hoping to distract them while she escapes. Nightwing dodges the bolt but it hits Batman Square in the chest.
Nightwing goes into attack mode when he sees what Huntress has done. He tries to take her down but she breaks free and jumps from the roof of the building and into the river below. The chapter ends with the Question fishing her out of the water. He knocks her senseless when she tries insisting that she isn’t going with him.
What else?
- Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon talk about Huntress before he pays her a visit
- Helena’s cousins Vinnie and Mario talking about her
- Helena is a school teacher
I wasn’t as intrigued by this chapter as much as I was by the previous one. They are setting things up. I still don’t like this version of Huntress’ uniform. It looks more utilitarian but considerably less visually appealing than other versions.
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