Issue The Batman Chronicles  5
Subtitle [1] Oracle: Year One - Born of Hope
[2] Decoys
[3] Of Mice and Men
Date Summer 1996
Writer(s) [1] John Ostrander, Kim Yale
[2] Tommy Lee Edwards, Howard Chaykin
[3] Alan Grant
Artist(s) [1] Brian Stelfreeze, Karl Story
[2] Tommy Lee Edwards, John Paul Leon
[3] Scott McDaniel, Ray McCarthy
storyline [1] Barbara Gordon recounted her first months after being shot in the spine by the Joker. She took her first case against a computer genius that her father was having a hard time arresting. She had a dream where she was the Oracle of ancient Greece and became more and more comfortable in that role. She trapped the cyber-criminal and got her to make a full confession.
[2] Lt. James Gordon worked a case in his early days in Gotham City. He was helping move a mob snitch who escaped during a shootout.
[3] Alfred helped young Bruce Wayne with a bully problem at school while contemplating his future at the Wayne home.