Catwoman #25
In "Fire with Fire," Catwoman takes a hard turn when a local shopkeeper’s murder ties her to a rising mob war in the East End. With the Galante family tightening their grip and a new specialist on the way, Selina’s gamble to burn their money and drive them out sets off a dangerous game of retaliation. The issue, written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Paul Gulacy with inks by Jimmy Palmiotti, features a cover by Gulacy and Palmiotti that captures the tension of a city on edge.
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A local store owner, Jackie Dillon, is beaten to death with a baseball bat by the new mob. He had tried to prevent his son Denny from becoming a drug dealer, and wasn't paying protection money. Selina learns that the Galante mob is involved and steals some of their money from a drop truck and burns the rest, hoping to make it too expensive for the mob to do business in the East End. The Penguin tell a Galante lieutenant that taking the East End won't be east with Catwoman claiming it. He is informed that Galante is bringing in a specialist. Zeiss "escapes" police custody.
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