Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #794

Cover Date: July 2004
Cover Price: $2.95

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Cover Credits:
Art: Tim Sale (signed)
Colors: Mark Chiarello

Story: "Monsters of Rot Part One: Cleansing Fires" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Andersen Gabrych
Pencils	Pete Woods
Inks	Cam Smith
Lettering	Clem Robins
Colors	Jason Wright
Associate editing	Michael Wright
Editing	Bob Schreck

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Guest Star(s):

Orpheus II

Tarantula III

Supporting Character(s):

Michael Akins (last in Batman: City of Light #8)

Villain(s):

L'Shea

Frank (her bodyguard)

the Mugre (behind the scenes)

Other Character(s):

Senora Reyes (a Blüdhaven resident)

Thaddeus (a sanitation plant worker, dies)

Kafka (the sentient cockroach colony, last in Batman: Gotham Knights #22)

Marcus (Thaddeus' brother)

Comment(s):

Continues in the next issue

Story takes place prior to Tarantula and Nightwing leaving Blüdhaven

Synopsis:

In the harbor of Blüdhaven, a group of people smuggling immigrants discover their cargo dead and rotting, victims of the 'mugre', a supposedly mythical disease. In Gotham, Batman engineers the situation so that Orpheus can take over the street gangs of the Hill, and lead them into more noble, less criminal pursuits. Also in the Hill, several workers from a sanitation plant are found dead, also victims of the mugre. Tarantula, after encountering the sentient cockroaches known collectively as Kafka, arrives at the sanitation plant, where she encounters Batman, working the case from the Gotham end. They are interrupted by the brother of one of the dead men, come with his friends to burn the plant down and end the mugre.

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Second Story: "The Tailor Part Six" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	A.J. Lieberman
Pencils	Jean-Jacques Dzialowski
Inks	Dan Green
Lettering	Clem Robins
Colors	Giulia Brusco
Assistant editing	Nachie Castro
Editing	Matt Idelson

Feature Character(s):

The Tailor

Villain(s):

Mayhem:

Lightning

Roam

Bullet

Comment(s):

Continued from previous issue

Synopsis:

The Tailor's former partners in crime finally catch up with him, determined to punish him for his apparent betrayal and to recover their cash, which he does not have. They battle, and the true traitor, Lightning, is soon revealed. He gives up the location of the money, which is soon in the Tailor's possession.

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