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Pena Duro
In Pena Duro, the guards think they’re in control of the prison but really the prisoners run it. Prisoners like Bane and Riddler are the lowly inhabitants that live in the prison slums while the rich gang bosses live in luxury with all the guards on their payroll. As Bane and Riddler climb the ranks they make new allies and enemies along the way.
Batman: Screams & Riddles
A new drug empire, Nigma Industries, pops up in Gotham city with Edward Nigma as CEO. At almost the same time, groups of people getting "fear gassed", and a string of robberies with puzzle boxes at them have popped up. Catwoman comes back to town but as a partner for Bruce rather than for crime. As Batman works the case, he finds that the chemical compound in the fear gas can only be found at one Nigma Industries laboratory run by Jonathan Crane. When Batman visits the lab Crane gasses Batman and beats him while asking what makes the Batman tick then leaves Batman to his fears. Batman goes to the CEO and interrogates him about the links to Crane and how he let Crane in charge. Something clicks in his head that Nigma is the puzzle box guy or, “The Riddler”. Batman goes to the cave and realizes all clues lead to Nigma's various warehouses. Alfred comes into the cave and shows that in each warehouse, a fear gas bomb was set off. Batman immediately goes back to Nigma Industries and finds Nigma isn’t there but Crane is. Crane gasses Batman but Batman overpowers his fear, gives Crane a large dose, and leaves him for the police. Batman gets a call from Alfred about the bank that holds Nigma's net worth is being robbed. Batman races down to the bank and brawls his way through all of Riddler's entourage, he finds Riddler and beats the everloving out of him for what he did. Before he kills Riddler, Gordon comes in and convinces him not to and Batman walks away.
Batman: The One Who Laughs
Joe Kerr, a failing comedian and soon to be father gets into deals with the Carmine Falcone crime family when he needs fast money. After his wife dies after a baby swing set fell over and impaled his wife though the stomach, he agrees to a mob heist. He is involved in a robbery of records from Axel Chemicals and when the Batman steps in, a rogue batarang causes a chemical tank to leak, horrifically scarring and driving Joe insane. Batman gets more into the mob ties leading up to Joe’s scarring and finds out the job was planned by the Roman’s second in command Oswald Cobblepot and takes down the Roman and lets the Penguin go because he has nothing on him. Batman works with Harvey Dent, the new DA to take down the mob and everyone related to it. While Batman and Dent are investigated a Falcone base under a Subway track. A gas leak from a train that was cut by splintered train tracks causes Harvey’s left half to be scarred by the leaking gas and becoming Two-Face. Joker is eventually found but not after taking over an amusement park, hiring a crew of circus themed criminals and murders everyone at the amusement park. He surrenders himself to the police and Batman accompanies him on his way to Arkham.
Batman: Identity Crisis
This story revolves around a series of murders caused by Tommy Elliot aka Hush where the victims faces are carved off and left in alleys across Gotham. His endgame is to become Bruce Wayne after Tommy’s mothers life was saved in a car crash orchestrated by young Tommy by Thomas Wayne. Hugo Strange is Bruce’s physiatrist hired by Alfred and is a secondary antagonist and red herring to the identity of Hush who is behind a human trafficking ring and is in kahoots with the Dollmaker. And after a series of clues set up by Hush, is set up and linked to all the crime scenes only to be revealed that Hush is Tommy Elliott after Bruce visiting Tommy and deducing he’s Hush after Tommy says he has a big skin graft operation happening tomorrow. Tommy then sedates Bruce and holds him captive while he wears a Bruce Wayne lookalike face and reveals he knew Bruce Wayne was Batman by his injuries and his being able to figure out he was Hush because of him knowing where all the crime scenes were. He then leaves Bruce to die in a rotting apartment set to explode with all of his victims which were still alive and being kept in Gotham General who were broken out and kept there. Bruce escapes and frees everyone before the building explodes. Then he goes after Hush and beats Tommy Elliott so hard his grafted facial features fall off. Hush is then put in jail and promises Bruce to keep his identity a secret.
Red Hood
This series delves into the history and current dealings of Jason Todd aka Red Hood. He goes after criminals who have done things seriously wrong and some he kills and some he doesn’t. In the first season, he mostly goes after the likes of Riddler, Black Mask, Killer Croc, and other similar criminals. But the worst of them all he goes after, is of course the Joker. In the second season, Jason lightens up a little and starts to relent from killing his enemies and lets them get apprehended by the police. He has gotten over his past and killing every criminal he sees and gets more merciful in his interrogation tactics. But that doesn’t make him any less brutal. Jason starts tracking a string of murders that involve high ranking Gotham officials. These murders turn out to be orchestrated by the Court of Owls, a secretive organization started in the late 1700s to “purify” Gotham. The members of the Court include rich or powerful people or families of Gotham.
Batman: One Bad Day
Arkham Asylum is reinstated by the Wayne Foundation with Hugo Strange at the head and head psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel. Sparks fly between her and Joker and they orchestrate a breakout with multiple criminals making factions as they slowly take over Gotham. The takeover causes the origins of people like Harvey Dent and Victor Fries. The police hold on to the precinct firmly. Batman goes after the bosses after stopping an arms deal between Penguin and Black Mask. When Batman finds Sionis, Catwoman is making a deal with him, and Batman intervenes. Batman follows Catwoman and finds out Penguin has cryogenic weapons made by Victor Fries. Batman defeats Penguin with ease. Batman beats him and convinces him to leave the criminals alone. Batman goes after Riddler next, who is holding the mayor hostage and beats his games. Two-Face gets his attention by blowing up half of the Gotham Supreme Court. That earns him a face in the ground. Last, Batman goes after Joker, who is trying to recreate his origins. Joker and Batman fight with Harley Quinn getting knocked into the chemical vat. Batman beats Joker and gets Harley out but she’s already insane. Hugo Strange turns out to be behind the breakout and a bomb goes off causing chemicals to gush and flow all the way out into the streets of Gotham. Batman goes to Strange in Arkham Tower and beats him into all of the machinery, and returns to the precinct to let them know that it’s over apart from the rounding up of the criminals.
Batman: City of Fear
Murderings of city officials sweep Gotham with a common thread between them being a chemical that breaks out your greatest fears and makes you live them until you die in them. Batman investigates at the crime scene. The chemicals can be found in the lab of Kirk Langstrom. He looks at camera footage and finds a man wearing a scarecrow mask rolling some canisters through a hallway. Batman visits E. Nygma at GothCorp and finds that Langstrom was fired for illegally experimenting on bats. Batman asks Harvey Dent about Langstrom. Batman finds that he has an apartment in Bristol. Batman stops by the apartment and interrogates Langstrom, who sold to the man. Batman goes to Penguin for info. He says Scarecrow works at WayneEnterprises. Batman goes through the staff and sees Jonathan Crane. Crane matches the bio of Scarecrow. He finds Crane’s lab and sees the chemicals. Scarecrow then gasses Batman. He sees a vision of his greatest fears. Batman falls out a window and he escapes. Batman gets Alfred to help him get over his fear and goes after Scarecrow. Batman finds out that Scarecrow is keeping the major offices hostage. Batman sneaks to an abandoned Arkham. He is gassed by Scarecrow but walks through the gas, beats Scarecrow, and the bombs go off. After that, he sprays the gas in his face. Crane squirms as he sees lots of Bats descending on him and gets knocked out by Batman. Batman takes Crane to the Commissioner, who was out of the building, but the rest weren’t so lucky
Batman: Chaos
Bruce Wayne, multi-billionaire and son of one of the wealthiest families in Gotham City is also known as Batman, a vigilante and dark knight of Gotham. A gang war breaks out between Carmine Falcone and Sal Maroni due to the killing of one of each gang’s high ranking men to provoke chaos between the two factions. A masked man follows Batman and stalks him to learn his preferences, the way he fights, and who he really is under the mask. As the gang war escalated further, Batman saw more of this masked man and his watching of him. Finally, the masked man shows himself and challenges Batman to a fight and calls himself, “the bane of you existence” and Batman calls him Bane for short. Batman eventually gets his back broken over Bane’s knee and is left to die. Batman calls Alfred to come get him and bring him to the Batcave. Batman gets fixed up with a brace on his broken spine and matches the voice to a Diego Torres and owns a Sionis Industries warehouse on the docks in Otisburg. Before finding Bane, he takes on a whole group of thugs from both gangs before confronting Carmine Falcone with his newfound evidence to call off the gang war. Batman drives to the warehouse and catches Bane by surprise when he pulls him through the floor and into the basement. Batman beats Bane by cutting off his venom supply and beating him into the ground. He leaves Bsne hanging and gives him to Jim Gordon. The movie ends with a flying shot of Gotham with Batman narrating.
