We see "Hush" hired the new Catwoman to plant a tracking device on Batman so that he can monitor his whereabouts, before proceeding to betray and strangle her to death as part of his 'vendetta'.

Hush reveals by transmission that he, inspired by Gotham's last earthquake, will save the city by performing mercy killings of its corrupt, by a mass of explosives at the epicenter to set off another quake.

Bruce is quickly rushed to Gotham Mercy Hospital, where he is in the final stages of liver failure due to his over usage of painkillers and injuries from his days as Batman.

With few options left, Batman is forced to ask Tim Drake to operate the Batcomputer to aid them, requesting him to use the device he got from Mad Stan to deactivate the explosions and send drones with an antidote to rid the other Jokerz of any mind control.

During this, Dick Grayson helps Commissioner Gordon evacuate the building and says that he is being more active in the superhero community lately because he does not want Bruce to lead Terry down a dark path.

To give them a purpose in this new world, Bruce told them they could continue Magnus' plans for them to protect the people of Earth, even providing them with the Injustice Gang's old satellite base to use as a home.

Since the previous year, Terry has enrolled in Neo-Gotham University, broken up with Dana, and now works closely with Barbara and the police with Dick Grayson as his new mentor after a falling out he had with Bruce.

While talking to his mother about his situation, Dusk's killer appears on television and demands Batman to meet him at the offshore rig alone, threatening to overload other peoples' cell phones for every minute he does not show.

Bennett reveals that the funding Dusk put towards therapy and the Arkham project was for his son, Davis, who is secretly Rewire and became a villain due to his hatred for his father's hunger for power and obsession with the city.

He has turned their sonar scanner into a long-range weapon in the Historical District that could kill thousands of residents and demands three pounds of kanium from Gordon and the police in 24 hours in exchange for their freedom.

[38] Terry starts making frequent visits to the Justice Lords timeline to monitor T's training as the Batman of his world and to talk to the alternate version of his father using the portal in the Batcave.

With his artificial intelligence A.L.F.R.E.D., Tim's first mission as the new Batman is to infiltrate Brother Eye's Lodge and rescue the older Commissioner Barbara Gordon and Terry's friend Maxine Gibson.

In the desolated Metropolis, Tim finds himself pitted against splicers under the order of Dr. Abel Cuvier and Tuftan, members of the Evil Factory and former allies of Brother Eye.

Matt finds the Justice League imprisoned within the Watchtower in Metropolis, but when he frees them to help Tim, they do not cooperate as they have a device implanted on them to make it look like every person they see are robots created by Brother Eye.

Prior to Bruce's retirement, Damian spent time in Europe and discovered Ra's was planning to capitalize on Batman's absence by sending the high-tech League of Assassins to invade Gotham.

[45] During the "Rise of the Demon" storyline, Commissioner Barbara Gordon is kidnapped while investigating Crown Point, a crime-ridden part of Gotham that's protected by a teenager named Nissa who operates as Batgirl.

Bruce sends a new Batsuit to Terry when the Royal Flush Gang (consisting of only King, Ace, and a new Jack) crash a renewal of the Gotham Museum of Fine Arts to draw Batman out for their unknown client.

Batman attempts to rescue Stalker from the fire and is suddenly assisted by Melanie Walker aka Ten of the Royal Flush Gang, who has been taking down criminals on her own lately to prove to Terry she's reformed.

Kenny was placed in a rehab facility after Batman defeated him and was driven to suicide from suffering the constant bullying from the older inmates and further neglect from his father.

Back at the manor, the team discuss Melanie knowing their secret and Jack expresses his anger at Bruce for ruining Adalyn's life as Batman.

After the team locates Splitt at a Powers facility, False Face arrives and battles them as Batman before proposing an alliance with them, revealing his true identity to Bruce, Melanie, and Matt in the process.

When Bruce and Matt invite Barbara and Melanie to the Batcave to determine Batwoman's identity, Blight's men arrive to unleash a Devourer on Wayne Manor.

After Dick manages to briefly incapacitate the villain, Terry pins Powers with the Batmobile and directs it to dig a large hole into the ocean floor before self-destructing it to keep the last of Blight and his radiation contained.

They manage to evade the ninjas thanks to the hideout's defensive measures and heal Damian's wounds with Bruce's recovery pod, which borrows key elements from the Lazarus Pit.

Zero, who led the League of Assassins to rebel against him and plans on creating a second Ice Age that will leave Earth devoid of life while they take refuge in space for hundreds of years.

Bruce finds out that the League is causing the Earth's temperatures to drop significantly by deploying small satellites from their orbiting platform to form a crystalline barrier that blocks out the sun's rays.

It is revealed that the timeline didn't change as Bruce had faked his insanity with Matt so the younger Booster would take Terry back in time to save his father.

When he arrives, he learns from Barbara and Melanie that Bruce and Matt were attacked in the lab by an imposter Batman, who also killed an airport security guard earlier in the night.

Bruce survives Inque's assault thanks to a successful heart transplant surgery, and the volume ends with Wonder Woman offering Terry a spot on the Justice League.

[55] In September 2021, it was revealed that a new series would follow Terry McGinnis as he navigates being Batman without the guidance of the recently deceased Bruce Wayne and a Gotham City that's against him.