Batman Confidential #36 - DC

This issue involves a bit of a mystery with the Blackhawks. Blackhawk Industry is working on a prototype propulsion system for Wayne Industries. During a field test, the test pilot is surprised by a rather fast moving storm-front. Normally he would just head back to base, but this storm-front is really just a curtain to shadow the arrival of a squadron of planes. They force their way onto the base and end up stealing the plans for the new engines. That in and of itself is a problem, but the bigger concern seems to be that the attacker resembles a former Blackhawk, Theodore Gaynor. I mean, I'm sure every organization has team members that go rogue, or end up at odds with their employers. But Theodore? Theodore was assigned to the Blackhawks during World War II. And . . he died 60 years ago. Most of the conversation with Blackhawk Industries come from Lee Cheng. Apparently he's the director of operations, or something. But, he appears to be in on this . . or at least know who's behind it. Most of the conversations he has with Batman seem pretty guarded. Like he's feeding him specific information. Batman senses this to, so he's keeping an eye on things. When he follows the data-transmission, he finds that it leads back to Poland. Specifically a cemetery, and the final resting place of Janos Prohaska . . also a Blackhawk. When he goes to Poland to investigate, he finds and is attacked by an old Nazi robot-type machine that resembles an octopus. Obviously he beats it, but he's also surprised when he finds Zindy there. Remember? The pilot who was with the Birds of Prey for a while. Anyways, this little mystery is just getting started. As with the last arc, it appears that most of Batman's actions will be occurring on foreign soil . . again. This should be an interesting story. I've always liked Zindy's character, so I think she'll be a pleasant addition. Plus, I don't know why, but I always enjoy stories with the Blackhawks. They're an interesting group. Anyways, for me it's a little to early to comment . . this was basically the 'set-up' issue. So we really haven't seen the 'meat & potatoes' of the story yet. But I thought Royal McGraw did a good job bringing us up to speed. I really enjoyed Marcos Marz' pencils. He also did the cover, and the interiors look much the same. I'm glad this book didn't go the way of Superman Confidential. I enjoy these 'unknown' stories of Batman. Plus . . this is the only Bruce Wayne fix we can get right now.