SUMMARY:
It's been ten weeks since Gotham was re-opened following No Man's Land
and Commissioner James Gordon is returning to work after suffering the
loss of his wife. When a mob-hit takes out two GCPD officers, Gordon
becomes enraged and confronts the Russian mobster supposedly behind the
hit. Gordon's suicidal rage nearly gets him killed when he storms the
Russian stronghold by himself and brings the mobster in.
Unbeknownst to Gordon and Batman, the Russian has been framed. Ra's
al Ghul has sent two of his disciples, Kyle Abbott and Whisper A'Daire
to Gotham city to circulate a new highly addictive drug which promises
eternal life, but mutates the user into horrible beast like creatures.
By turning the rival gangs of Gotham against each other, Ra's planned on
using the remaining mobs to mass-produce and distribute his serum.
After the beautiful Whisper A'Daire catches the eye of Bruce Wayne at
a re-opening gala for Gotham, Bruce decides to investigate the beautiful
seductress. What he finds is shocking to say the least. The gorgeous
woman that everyone in Gotham is talking about (including the mayor
himself) is actually close to ninety years old and shares DNA with a
King Cobra snake. Whisper seems to be a hopeless addict of the same drug
she has come to Gotham to spread to the streets. Bruce captures Abbott
and forces him to confess the duo's plans. Batman then tracks down and
destroys the plants manufacturing the serum in Gotham. Whisper slips
away, seemingly falling to her death. When Batman searches the area
Whisper supposedly fell to he finds only Whisper's skin, shed like a
snake and left behind.
Meanwhile it seems like Gotham has even more to worry about when the
returning Gothamites who fled during No Man's Land (dubbed "DeeZees")
are hounded by those that stayed behind when the burg was closed down
(calling themselves "OGs"). Bruce Wayne, himself considered to be a
DeeZee witnesses the hatred first hand when he is accosted outside of
the re-opening gala. A short time later a Wayne owned building is
destroyed in an explosion, killing one person.
Tensions skyrocket when an OG is convicted of murder when defending
the property he squatted in during NML from it's legal owner (a
returning DeeZee). Afterwards another bombing takes out the leader of
the OG movement and the Mayor - also a DeeZee - wants the matter wrapped
up as quickly as possible. When Gordon wants to pursue the case further
his motives are questioned and the Mayor pegs him as a stubborn OG
trying to defend his own.
Gordon, not even originally from Gotham, pays it no mind and pursues
the case further with the help of Batman. It turns out that the bomb was
planted by the property owner to stir up tensions and reclaim their
insurance money after the development slowed.
With the bombings settled, Batman decides to finish business with
Ra's by tracking down his daughter, Talia. He finds Talia but is quickly
attacked by Whisper. He cures Whisper of her physical addiction to the
drug and in the process makes her begin to age normally. Whisper turns
on the Dark Knight, deciding to forgo the detective's help to stand by
her master's side and once again start taking the drug. Batman
successfully battles his way out of the situation and detonates Ra's
manufacturing facilities putting a permanent stop to the drug. Both
Talia and Ra's flee the scene leaving Bruce alone with his city safe
once again.
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