Two months after failing to save the man Joker used to be, a young Batman has to put the suit on one last time in order to stop a terrorist named Bane from destroying the Gotham trade center, but when Bane breaks Batman's back Bruce starts to fear the outside world after learning that he is in fact not invincible and can in fact die. Bruce decides to stop being Batman after all of this and lets the villains run loose but after 5 years of being in hiding Bruce is invited to see a circus by Vickie Vale but while he is there, he watches two of the trapeze artists get killed by Carmine Falcone while their son watches. Bruce would later adopt the child and that would lead into the Batman and Robin movie.
