- Script
- Scott Snyder (credited); James Tynion IV (credited)
- Pencils
- Eduardo Risso (credited)
- Inks
- Eduardo Risso (credited)
- Colors
- Dave Stewart (credited)
- Letters
- Sal Cipriano (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner James Gordon; The Grim Knight [Bruce Wayne] (from an alternate Earth); Thomas Wayne (from an alternate Earth, flashback, death); Martha Wayne (from an alternate Earth, flashback, death); Joe Chill (from an alternate Earth, flashback, death); Lieutenant James Gordon (from an alternate Earth); Detective Flass (from an alternate Earth); Rupert Thorne (from an alternate Earth); Harvey Dent [Two-Face] (from an alternate Earth); Alfred Pennyworth (from an alternate Earth); The Batman Who Laughs [Bruce Wayne] (from an alternate Earth); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (from an alternate Earth, photo); Black Mask [Roman Sionis] (from an alternate Earth, photo); Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (from an alternate Earth, photo); Red Hood (from an alternate Earth, photo)
- Synopsis
- As the Grim Knight holds Commissioner Gordon prisoner, he recounts his origin on an alternate Earth, where as a boy he saw Joe Chill murder his parents, but when Chill drops the murder weapon, young Bruce picks it up and shoots him in cold blood, leading to this Bruce's violent no-nonsense approach to dealing with crime.
- Reprints
Story continues from The Batman Who Laughs (DC, 2019 series) #3. Story continued in The Batman Who Laughs #4.