On a bright spring morning, a dark cloud of smoke engulfs Gotham City. The fearsome Scarecrow has turned day into night. Surprisingly, the crook doesn't resist Batman's attempt to arrest him. From behind the bars of his cell, the Scarecrow reveals that his evil experiment has already been set in motion. When the black smoke mixes with water, it produces a gas that fills people with fear. A thunderstorm is approaching the city. Can Batman save the...

Batman must quickly round up Gotham's greatest super-villains after they escape from Arkham Asylum, so gets some extra help from the alien imp Bat-Mite.

HARLEY QUINN has captured ROBIN! But this crazy quack is only using the BOY WONDER as bait. Her true target is BATMAN, and she's left clues all over GOTHAM to lure him into her trap. If the DYNAMIC DUO can't escape her clutches, they'll both become HARLEY'S gift to her evil boyfriend, the JOKER.

Bruce Wayne runs into Joe Chill, who murdered his parents years earlier, and recalls the story of his past, and development into Batman, as he chases down the crook.

Scarface and his minions pull a large heist in Gotham, but somebody rats on them, which helps the Dark Knight to solve the case.

At a charity ball, Bruce Wayne notices a strange coincidence-all of the waiters are twins. Then suddenly, the terrible Two-Face crashes the festivities! He has partnered with another super-villain to rob every bank in Gotham, but first this crazy criminal wants to take down the city's top moneymaker. Before Bruce can change into his secret identity, Batman, Two-Face captures the billionaire and leads him toward the factory that birthed his criminal...

Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake and other teens go to a movie, Alice in Wonderland, where the Mad Hatter has installed his micro-circuitry into the theater's 3-D glasses. Because of this the teens are brainwashed and rob the city's jewelry stores. Batman must stop them, the Mad Hatter and save the Boy Wonder from Wonderland.

The scarecrow is spreading a fear poison to the citizens of Gotham City and only Batman can stop him.

The PENGUIN purchases GOTHAM'S largest media company. Meanwhile, a crime wave hits the city. BATMAN soon learns that these events are related. After the DARK KNIGHT stops a crime, the PENGUIN'S TV news channel edits the security tapes and police reports to make BATMAN look like a criminal. People begin to fear the DARK KNIGHT. If he can't prove his innocence, the hero will end up in prison, and the PENGUIN will fly free.

The Joker has transformed ordinary citizens of Gotham City into laughing accomplices, and the reader must help Batman choose how to defeat his rapidly multiplying enemies.