That first story, man. If it weren't for that first 3 part story, I'd be giving this 5 stars. It lagged so much for me that I considered quitting this book. I'm so, so, so glad I didn't though. A twelve-year-old boy is infected with Killer Croc's mutagen and turns into a rabid beast. A panel shows his eye morphing into a crocodile's before he emerges from the water as a reptilian monster. Original 2016 Review: Up until the last 3 issues I was in the 3.5-4 area. It was solid stuff, but then those last 3 issues happened and BOOM it shot up to a 5/5. This is now my favorite Batman story next to Hush and Court of Owls. Three months after Graduation Day, Arsenal approaches Nightwing with the idea of rebuilding a team that they're not emotionally attached to. This team of new recruits includes Grace Choi, Indigo, Jade, Metamorpho and Thunder operating out of a bomb shelter under Brooklyn. [52] Their first mission is an invasion of super-intelligent gorillas led by Gorilla Grodd in Manhattan. [53] This is revealed to be a ruse engineered by the Joker to kidnap and torture President Luthor, although they stop him before he can kill the President. In the aftermath, Nightwing explains to Batman that he's tired of being a reactionary hero and wishes to make his team proactive hunters as the new Outsiders. [54] War Games Karma Houdini: Batman is unable to apprehend the Dealer and Tiger Shark. The former goes down in a plane crash, but the coast guard cannot find his body. The latter manages to escape, albeit at the cost of his yacht, which he detonates in an attempt to kill Batman.

An infant James Gordon Jr. appears in Batman: Year One. He ends up captured by Carmine Falcone's nephew Johnny Vitti only to be saved by Batman. They later realize that the virus was never cured, only mutated into a dormant state. Nightwing accompanies Batman and Robin to look for a cure in Sudan during Legacy. [42] Ra's al Ghul is revealed to be responsible, and they fight through an army of assassins to reach him. Nightwing holds his own in a sword-fight against Ra's, but he loses and Ra's escapes. [43] Nightwing and Robin travel to Paris, where they team up with Henri Ducard to stop Ra's from releasing his plague into the Louvre. [44] While Batman destroys the plague in Gotham, Nightwing pursues Ra's with Robin and Huntress. [45] They catch up to his boat The Shrike, and Ra's prepares to execute Grayson. Robin finds the cure, then rescues them as the boat explodes. [46] A Knight in Bludhaven Acrobatics: Grayson is a prodigious natural athlete and master acrobat, possessing a peak human level of agility/acrobatic skills. He is regarded as the greatest human acrobat in the world. [133] He is one of three people in the world who can pull off a quadruple flip. [134] With the world become smaller due to the accessibility of news 24 hours a day you become desensitized from the awful truth outside in the world, which is perhaps the bane of our times to many people lose their crutches to remain standing and are in search of the truth, which is perhaps why these days there is more than one truth.Weaponry: He has displayed high expertise with various weapons including Shuriken (Wing-Dings and Batarangs), throwing knives, paired staves, and swords.

Aside from that first story, I was so invested in the plot of this book! I didn't want to put it down! It's actually reminiscent of Brubaker's run on Captain America (at least the early, good parts) - the writing is lyrical, and weaves the main characters' past with the present action so that you're getting a grand tale with echoes (like in our own lives - at least the constant echoes of early life experiences). What's really quite fantastic about Snyder's writing (especially his dialogue) is not what's there but what's not - so much pointless exposition, all the extra details that any intelligent reader can fill in (or enjoy wondering about). It's such a pleasure to not be insulted by the writer - to get the feeling like the writer expects highly of the reader.Then, in a second story called Hungry City, the corpse of a killer whale shows up on the floor of one of Gotham City's foremost banks. The event begins a strange and deadly mystery that will bring Batman face-to-face with the new, terrifying faces of organized crime in Gotham.