Detective Comics #744 (of 1000000)
Evolution: (Part Two): Unity of Purpose
May 1st, 2000
Synopsis
Batman has his hands full as Whisper A'Daire's interventions ignite the war among Gotham's crime families. Who will pay for the Dark Knight's failure when events spin out of control?
There's a gang war brewing in Gotham, and Batman suspects that new players Whisper A'Daire and Kyle Abbot are behind it. Staged attacks on the Lucky Hand Triad and Burnley Massive have prompted reprisals, and a week of blood in Gotham. Can Batman discover what she's orchestrating before the gangs destroy what's left of Gotham?
Plot Summary
Its been about a week since Kyle Abbot had blown up The Able Crown Youth Center nearly killing Batman and blaming the attack on the Emanuel Escabedo and the Colombians.
So while Batman is trying to figure out who Abbot is working for and what was in the glass bottle he drank before turning into a werewolf type creature, Whisper A'Daire is stepping up her timeline of taking over Gotham for Ra's al Ghul.
She meets with Ekin Tzu, whose wife she had killed and framed on Vasily Kosov and the Russian Mob, under the guise that she can help the head of the Triad get revenge on Vasily. He excepts her offer and Ekin meets with Able Crown. This is where Batman comes back into the picture and follows the gang leader to a rundown church.
While Batman is outside he is distracted by Whisper and doesn't realize until too late Escabedo and Vasily are inside and Ekin and Able execute them for what they believe they had done to there organizations.