[7] Following his supposed death Batman sends Dick Grayson undercover to investigate Spyral, a clandestine organization founded by Kathy Kane to spy on superheroes.

A cult known as the Fist of Cain manage to acquire Paragon's brain and intend to use it to unleash a psychic pulse at an Israeli peace rally, killing thousands.

In an unknown location, Minos holds a meeting with a reporter, revealing the identities of several superheroes and explaining that he joined Syral so that he could leak their secrets.

Grayson attempts to contact Batman, asking when he is able to come home but receives no reply, causing him to act recklessly during a mission with Tiger to steal a necklace made of kryptonite.

Grayson begins to question Bertinelli's true motivations when he discovers that he is supposed to hand the necklace to Lex Luthor and he flees.

Tiger lies about the identity of the attacker, blaming Maxwell Lord and Checkmate while Grayson, after another failed attempt to reach Batman, quits Spyral and heads for Gotham City.

Tim confirms the identity of Agent Zero as Luka Netz, a woman who he discovers has been watching Batman and Grayson (as Robin) for years.

Wishing to end the cycle of violence, Grayson and Tiger go rogue and begin taking down the other Spyral agents, leading Bertinelli to send the Syndicate, a group of the world's most powerful spies, after them.

[11] Armed with Checkmate technology, Grayson and Tiger handily defeat Frankenstein, a member of the Syndicate before taking on Grifter.

Maxwell Lord reveals that he created Minos and he arrives at Spyral HQ to retrieve the identities of the Justice League but the files are deleted before he can get to them.

[12] The Spectre gathers Harley Quinn, Green Lantern, Azrael and John Constantine together to investigate the activities of a mysterious man with no face known as Agent 37, asking them to recall their meetings with him.

The man, who had no face, allowed the vampires to feed on him and, assuming he had been drained and killed, Constantine attacked the nest to gain revenge.

Agent 37 suddenly awakens and reveals that his skin was coated in nanobots that he then sets alight killing the vampires before calling for Matron to retrieve him.

Azrael notes a similar interaction where Agent 37 helped turn the tide of a war and Harley recounts breaking into a supervillain vault alongside him.

[15] A positive review of the first volume by ComicBookWire.com described the series as "a James Bond movie with a superhero flair, which is a very good thing" and adding that "besides the multitude of great plotlines running through this book, there is even more to like about the story as a whole.