After the events with Steppenwolf, Batman has been trying to take a break. He has been stopping criminals with help from DA Harvey Dent and Commissioner James Gordon. When a bomb goes off at Gotham University, Batman arrives to find a mess. Previously, zoologist Kurt Langstrom was planning to find a cure for his wife but she died recently. With plans to finish the cure, Kirk tested on himself. Unfortunately, criminal Victor Zsasz planned to bomb the school. He did but never learned Langstrom did his experiment. Langstrom fled never to be seen. Bruce with help from Alfred and Dick Grayson now Nightwing, Bruce tracks down Kirk and plans to help him. Meanwhile, the crime world has been in ruined.
