The villains of Gotham know that several of their number have mysteriously disappeared, and a struggle for power has begun. Batman is working undercover as Matches Malone while his allies handle things publicly.
The Scarecrow escapes and tries to warn the other criminals about the Penguin and the Suicide Squad. Meanwhile, it's Matches Malone versus Mr. Zsasz - to the death!
Bruce Wayne [as Matches Malone; Batman]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Spoiler; Dick Grayson [as Freddie Dinardo; Nightwing]; Vigilante; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Tobias Whale (villain); Lockdown (villain); Killer Moth (villain); Firefly (villain); Ventriloquist [Sugar; Scarface] (villain); Johnny Stitches [Johnny Denetto] (villain); Great White Shark (villain); Ugly Mannheim (villain)
Synopsis
The villains continue to jockey for position in the new crime hierarchy of Gotham. An injured Matches Malone escapes from the prison infirmary. Oracle's headquarters is breached.
Bruce Wayne [as Matches Malone; Batman]; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Tim Drake]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Spoiler; Dick Grayson [as Freddie Dinardo; Nightwing] (gets shot); Leslie Thompkins (hallucination?); Vigilante [Dorian Chase]; Suicide Squad [Bane (flashback); Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner] (flashback); Deadshot [Floyd Lawton] (flashback); Plastique [Bette Sans Souci] (flashback)]; Tobias Whale (villain); The Hundred (villains); Johnny Stitches [Johnny Denetto] (villain; photo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); The New Rogues (villains); Dead End Boys (villains); The Five Points Gang (villains); L.O.D. (villains); Femmes Fatales (villains); Great White Shark (villain)
Synopsis
Batman finds out how Great White Shark ended up in the hospital ward in the prison, and also first learns about the villains being sent to the prison planet. Tobias Whale and the Penguin go to war, and Nightwing is shot.
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Dick Grayson [as Freddie Dinardo; Nightwing]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]; Leslie Thompkins (hallucination); Vigilante; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Tobias Whale (villain); The Hundred (villains); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); The New Rogues (villains); Dead End Boys (villains); The Five Points Gang (villains); L.O.D. (villains); Femmes Fatales (villains)
Synopsis
Riddler allies himself with Nightwing but is later taken down by the Penguin. Penguin and Tobias Whale come to an understanding.
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vigilante; Tobias Whale (villain); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); The New Rogues (villains); Dead End Boys (villains); The Five Points Gang (villains); L.O.D. (villains); Femmes Fatales (villains); Johnny Stitches [Johnny Denetto] (villain)
Synopsis
Batman faces off against Vigilante, while Johnny Stitches makes his move against the Penguin.