But as he stands alongside his former ward Dick Grayson (now known as Nightwing) dodging bullets in a convenient store in downtown Blüdhaven where they've tracked the movement of a possible WMD, he knows this isn't the usual high-profile threat he's typically called in for. Instead, this is somewhat of a sentimental outing. The WMD Dick has been tracking turns out to be none other than the suit of the former Baron Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg of course being one of the first bad guys Dick took down on his own during his early years as Robin. Weathered and practically falling apart from years of hard worn battles, Batman is able to de-commission the artifact easily and the gun-toting goons are quickly unarmed. But his trip to Blüdhaven wasn't just for a walk down memory lane. Instead, before he leaves, Nightwing takes Batman down to the Blüdhaven for a look at a rather interesting body that popped up there.

Inside on one of the slabs is the body of one Gavin Adam, a pharmacology major at Blüdhaven Medical. But what makes Gavin's death so interesting is the fact that he has thorny and nasty looking vines protruding from just about every orifice known to man (and then some). The obvious culprit is one Poison Ivy, but Ivy's been locked up in Arkham for ages now. A quick search of Gavin's background reveals that the young man was an intern at Arkham Asylum. He turns around to find that he's alone in the morgue, Nightwing has disappeared (a trick he no doubt learned from Batman). And so Bruce heads to Arkham Asylum to find out exactly what Ivy has to say.

Arriving via Batboat he finds that the Asylum is completely besieged by all forms of fauna. A thick layer of brush and vines covers every inch of the Arkham estate and Batman uses an axe to work his way towards the courtyard where Ivy is waiting. But once there he finds that Ivy wasn't walling herself inside the halls of the Asylum, but doing her best to keep someone else out! The Demon Etrigan!

Ivy had been using Gavin Adam as a go-between to ferry a special brand of homeopathic brew that would keep the Demon side of Jason Blood subdued naturally. But obviously things went awry somewhere down the line and now the fire breathing resident of Hell is breathing down Batman's neck!

Beaten and battered by the Demon, Bruce is ready to accept his final fate when suddenly an unknown masked vigilante appears with a bucket full of Holy Water! Dousing the hell spawn, he recites the incantation that forces the Demon Etrigan into retreat, freeing Jason Blood. Looking up from his bloody and swollen eye sockets, Batman can make out the shape of a man, in a horned Devil looking facemask who bids him adieu before disappearing into the night. It looks like a new player just came to Gotham and saved Batman's hide!