Batgirl Vol 3 9

"The Flood Part One": Batgirl stops a train hijacking, impressing her young fan Nell and winning her the dubious admiration of the thief “Johnny C.” Commissioner Gordon afterwards commends her on a job well done and says she reminds him of someone.

Batgirl (Volume 3) #9 is an issue of the series Batgirl (Volume 3) with a cover date of June, 2010. It was published on April 14, 2010.

Synopsis for "The Flood Part One"

Batgirl stops a train hijacking, impressing her young fan Nell and winning her the dubious admiration of the thief “Johnny C.” Commissioner Gordon afterwards commends her on a job well done and says she reminds him of someone.

Barbara Gordon has been mentoring Wendy Kuttler, the daughter of her enemy the Calculator, and they are working together at Gotham University when Stephanie Brown comes to meet Barbara. Barbara takes her to the Firewall, the base she is constructing for them beneath her apartment building.

Detective Gage is called to an apparent suicide at Elysium Tech, but the victim's behavior before his death and the strange smell makes Gage and Gordon suspicious. Gage is looking into the victim's phone records when there is a security breach at the company. The silent alarm summons Batgirl. A mind-controlled security guard has stolen a briefcase, and when Gage stands in his way, the security guard goes to shoot him. Batgirl knocks the gun out of his hand, but the briefcase disappears during the fighting and the security guard jumps out the window. Batgirl is unable to hold him up with her grapple, and he falls to his death.

The coroner discovers a colony of nanites in the security guard's bloodstream. Oracle hacks into Elysium Tech's manifests and learns they're hoarding technology from Apokolips. She realizes the Calculator is behind this and orders Batgirl back to the Cave.

In Slaughter Swamp, another mind-controlled Elysium employee brings the Calculator the briefcase and is ordered to kill herself. The Calculator tells his son's corpse that he's going to get Wendy back and kill Oracle.

Appearing in "The Flood Part One"

Featured Characters:

• Batgirl

Supporting Characters:

• Oracle
• Nick Gage
• Commissioner Gordon

Antagonists:

• Calculator
• Johnny C (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Wendy Kuttler
• Marvin Kuttler (Deceased)
• Nell Little
• Ghoul (Gotham coroner)

Locations:

• Gotham County
  • Gotham City
    • Gotham Subway
    • Elysium Tech.
    • Firewall (First appearance)
    • Gotham University
      • Rossum Institute for Computer Sciences
  • Sommerset Township
    • Slaughter Swamp
• Titans Tower (Flashback only)
• Apokolips (Mentioned only)

Items:

Vehicles:

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Batgirl series
• Images from Batgirl Vol 3 9

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