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From Stephanie Brown

"Steph's roundhouse right. She's getting famous for it." -Tim Drake

Nature's Bride: A Tale of Robin and Marital Bliss

Summary of Stephness:

Stephanie gets a lot of screen time in this issue. She meets Dinah Laurel Lance, the Black Canary, and after a minor tiff with Tim, sets off to Dinah's house to ask to be her apprentice. She accidentally attacks Ted Grant, the Wildcat, thinking he's attacking Dinah, when he's simply training with her. She pleads with Dinah afterwards, and Dinah, reminded of herself at Stephanie's age, accepts Steph's offer to join as an apprentice.

Stephanie then helps Robin, Black Canary and Wildcat fight a possessed Dana Winters, who wearing the amulet that contains the old JSA villian Ravenna (Jack found it for Dana as a wedding present, see) can now control animals to turn against out heroes with murderous rage!

In the midst of the fight, Tim agrees to be more trusting of Steph from now on and affectionately tells her he keeps his secrets to protect her. It's a turning point in their relationship, though it certainly doesn't solve all of the trust problems between the two.

After being breifly held underfoot a Ravenna controlled elephant, but saved by a Batarang by Tim, Steph saves the day when she gets the bright idea to knock out Dana with her "roundhouse right", thus ending Ravenna's control over the animals. Unfortunately for Dana, this means a black eye on her wedding day.

Writer(s):
Charles 'Chuck' Dixon

Penciller(s):
Eduardo Barreto

Inker(s):
Eduardo Barreto

Colorist(s):
Shannon Blanchard
Allen Jamison - 'Jamison/Jamison Services'

Letterer(s):
Sean Konot

Editor(s):
Frank Berrios
Matt Idelson
Cover Artist(s):
Jesse Delperdang
Chris Sotomayor - 'Soto'

Cover Artist:
Pete Woods

Other Characters in the story:
Black Canary (01 - Dinah Drake-Lance of Earth-2)
Black Canary (02 - Dinah Lance)
Doctor Fate (01 - Kent Nelson)
Dana Drake
Jack Drake
Hawkman of New Earth (Current Carter Hall)
Robin (03 - Tim Drake)
Wildcat (01 - Ted Grant)