In GK: Does it seem as though Bats is too busy to deal with Tarantula or maybe he is giving her enough rope to hang herself.
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sumi - Aug 18, 2004 3:26:05 pm PDT #5515 of 10000
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Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2004 3:43:52 pm PDT #5516 of 10000
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In GK: Who're those two guys in the beginning, the bandaged guy and the helmeted guy?
Did I miss anything important in last week's LDK? I'm caught up but for that.
sumi - Aug 18, 2004 4:06:19 pm PDT #5517 of 10000
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Last week:
Orpheus was ordered by Batman to set up a meet with Akahara's heir.
Batgirl was following Alexandra Kosov and her men, but lost them.
A pair of divers hijack a Navy transport, by luring it to their ambush with a false distress call.
Bats decides to revive his "Matches Malone" alias.
The meet between Orpheus and Akahara's heir turns out to be a trap - Onyx is injured.
This is not the exact order of events in LoDK #182.
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2004 4:27:35 pm PDT #5518 of 10000
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Thanks, sumi! I understood about one-tenth of that, but at least one of those events clarified something I read today.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2004 4:55:49 pm PDT #5519 of 10000
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In GK, wasn't the bandaged guy Bruce's friend from childhood, the doctor, whose name I disremember right now (Tommy?), who was in "Hush"? Though it seemed as though he was killed in "Hush," but maybe that's the point.
Also in GK -- is the dude who was whacked *Orpheus*?
On BoP -- sumi, I had the same reaction, and I can't decide if it's in her head, or what.
Oh, and on the Tarantula issue, I get the feeling that Bats is just being a pragmatist and hoping that (1) Tarantula's involvement with the gang will keep *her* out of his hair, and (2) it might actually help keep the gang warfare under control. Though I expect all that to blow up in a big way.
I'm really confused about the BoP/IC/War Games timeline.
sumi - Aug 18, 2004 5:45:42 pm PDT #5520 of 10000
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GK -- I did think that the bandaged guy was from Hush -- was he in the most recent pre-War Games arc of GK? I haven't read all of those.
I also thought that was Orpheus who was killed.
sumi - Aug 18, 2004 5:55:12 pm PDT #5521 of 10000
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I should add that I haven't read Hush.
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2004 5:58:28 pm PDT #5522 of 10000
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Wait, I totally missed the mention of anyone getting whacked in GK. What are you two talking about, and what implies Orpheus ?
sumi - Aug 18, 2004 6:11:58 pm PDT #5523 of 10000
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Orpheus is this guy that Bats put into place as his man controlling the Hill. The only thing that makes me wonder if that really was him, was his going to Kosov's office without his mask.
Did you read last week's Nightwing ?
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2004 6:21:00 pm PDT #5524 of 10000
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I did. I'm just confused as hell as to who all the different players in the gang war are because I was reading fast.
As far as I can tell, Bandage Guy seems to have made The Call That Started It All, Funky Helmet Dude is some guy I don't know, the Russian chick is backstabbing everyone and currently "allied" with Scarface, and the Italian boss' daughter is dying. I don't recall seeing Orpheus at all besides the first issue, and Onyx is in the hospital. I read mentions of rival gangs whacking off family members of the Italian gang, but no Big Whack that could be Orpheus. And Tarantula's totally getting in the way.