With Bruce Wayne out of action, Dick takes up the mantle of Batman, and donning the heavy-duty bat armour, fights Bane in the sewers. Batgirl investigates a new case of sportsmen having sudden panic attacks on field, which concludes with the revelation of Jonathan Crane as the culprit, who now calls himself The Scarecrow. Meanwhile, in another part of the world, Bruce recuperates with the help of Lady Shiva and the League of Assassins, and meets the beautiful Talia al Ghul.
