Gotham Academy #17

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YEARBOOK, PART FOUR After Maps discovers that Damian Wayne broke into her room and stole her yearbook she flipped out on Olive, dragging her into trying to find it. Once Pomeline leaves Maps remembers a time when the band Black Canary arrived in town and she got excited - a story that she does not know Maps wrote down.   Walking around, the two ponder over old cases about stolen books and and who else to invite along.   The duo then stumble across a room where an old group of Serpents and Sorcery players once disappeared and Maps notices that the dust has been disturbed and someone had been there recently as Damian looks down on them from the rafters. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU While Black Canary do a photo-shoot at Gotham Academy D.D. (the lead singer) sports a group of students staring over at Heathcliff. Heathcliff then runs over to find Maps screaming for him and Olive looking to ask him for a favour.   She brings him inside and shows him Pomeline who he "left behind" for a life on the road. He walks over and, after an awkward beginning, the two start talking and visit an old secret crypt they found together. Pomeline makes a few jealous comments so Heathcliff drags her back to the stage where he presents her with a mix from Lord Byron and he then jumps onto the stage to sing her a song, only to find that she had fled back to her room, smiling. A FAMILIAR STORY One evening as Maps and Olive walk the dark halls of the Academy they encounter a large demonic cat which chases them through the halls and dives out of a window, returning to its master, Klarion. The boy witch is stood over a sleeping Killer Croc as Teekl the familiar returns with the final ingredient - a childhood memory - that will allow Klarion to entrap Batman and let him play with the bat-toys. WHAT BECAME OF THE GILKEY WARLOCKS...? An old legend of Gotham Academy surrounds the Gilkey Warlocks, a group of students who played Serpents and Sorcery in their free time. One day on campus they stumble across a secret storage room where they decide to play. Over the course of their game the spells become real and shadow spirits are summoned.   The Gilkey Warlocks were never seen again.